Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Saturday January 23, 1507 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
1 - Tochtli (rabbit)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
1 - Izcalli (XVIII)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
11.14.6.13.9
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
Day Atl (Water, known as Muluc in Maya) is governed by Xiuhtecuhtli, God of Fire, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Atl is a day for purification by subjecting oneself to the ordeal of conflict. It is a good day for battle, a bad day for rest. Water brings out the scorpion, who must sting its enemies or else sting itself. Atl is the day of the holy war, which is always a battle with one's own enemies within.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Tochtli (Rabbit) is ruled by Xiuhtecuhtli, Lord of the Year. Tochtli is the last trecena of the sacred year. It signifies the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. These are 13 days associated with the mystical sacrifice proper to the vanguard of another age: it is an auspicious time, one great workers united in their goals; it is also a dangerous time, one of great risks requiring great courage and diligence. These days remind us of the old god, the first god, who both separates and unites the worlds of dreaming and waking: somewhere between winter and spring, something wakes in the dreaming heart which endures across the span of the cycling ages. These are good days to focus on the needs of others; bad days to focus on one's own needs.
Aztec facts
The last day of the current xiuhmolpilli (bundle of 52 years) will be September 27, 2026.