Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Saturday April 25, 2026 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
1 - Tochtli (rabbit)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
5 - Xocolhuetzi (X)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
13.0.13.9.13
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
2-Acatl is the name day of Tezcatlipoca.
Day Acatl (Reed, known as Ben in Maya) is governed by Tezcatlipoca as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Acatl is the scepter of authority which is, paradoxically, hollow. It is a day when the arrows of fate fall from the sky like lightningbolts. A good day to seek justice, a bad day to act against others.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Malinalli (Grass) is ruled by Mayahuel, Goddess of the Maguey and Pulque. These are 13 days of intoxication, infatuation, excitement and passion: it is a time of excesses, when moderation is impossible, and so is often a time of disastrous consequences. This trecena signifies those times when we are incapable of protecting ourselves from high emotions. It is a time when affairs of war and affairs of the heart are born without thinking. These days are clouded in confusion: only the most self-disciplined warrior can suffer an excess of success without incuring sudden loss. These are good days to bind the community together; bad days to sow discord and discontent.
Aztec facts
The Aztecs did not use a leap year correction but they knew the length of a solar year is neither 365 nor 365.25 days. Presumably they kept some count of days to register astronomical events but no evidence of an Aztec Long Count exists.