As far as I can tell we are presently in the 'Galactic cycle' which is on the 8th level of a 9th level pyramid. This cycle runs from January 5, 1999 through February 10, 2011.
According to the Mayan calendar, it is currently the year 5,125. This differs from the Gregorian calendar, which is currently in the year 2021. The Mayan calendar is based on a different system of counting time and has a different starting point than the Gregorian calendar.
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the Mayan calendar
The Mayan Tzolkin calendar has 260 days, and the Haab has 360 days. The Tzolkin calendar was used for daily life, but the Haab was used for religious holidays and such.
The calendar, know as the Aztec Calendar or the Mayan Calendar.
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"Tzolkin" and "Haab'" are two of the Mayan words used to name their calendar.
No, the Mayan calendar is not off by 150 years. There was confusion about the end date of the Mayan Long Count calendar in 2012, but it was a misinterpretation, and the calendar is considered accurate for the time period it was created for.
The Maya did not base their calendar on the birth of Christ. The Maya based their calendar on the phases of the moon and venus and the position of the sun. The year 2012 is simply our equivalent to the same time on the Mayan calendar.
The Mayan calendar had 18 months of 20 days each
A b'ak'tun is a period of 144,000 days in the Mayan calendar.
The Mayan calendar ends on the year 2012. Although the calendar does not say the world will ind in 2012 many people believe the calendar ends that year because the Mayans predicted the world would end that year.