For the benefit of English readers the list is given in the English equivalents of the Mexican names.[11]
| 1. Water. | Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. |
| 2. Movement. | Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. |
| 3. Snake. | Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. |
| 4. Cane. | Tiger.[12] | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. |
| 5. Dragon. | Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. |
| 1. Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. |
| 2. Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. | Death. |
| 3. Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. |
| 4. Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. |
| 5. Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. |
| 1. Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. | House. |
| 2. Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. | Monkey. |
| 3. Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. | Rain. |
| 4. House. | Lizard. | Snake. | Death. | Deer. |
| 5. Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. |
| 1. Lizard. | Snake. | Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. |
| 2. Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. |
| 3. Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. | House. | Lizard. |
| 4. Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. |
| 5. Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. | Rain. | Flower. |
| 1. Water. | Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. |
| 2. Movement. | Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. |
| 3. Snake. | Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. |
| 4. Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. |
| 5. Dragon. | Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. |
| 1. Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. |
| 2. Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. | Death. |
| 3. Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. |
| 4. Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. |
| 5. Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. |
| 1. Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. | House. |
| 2. Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. | Monkey. |
| 3. Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. | Rain. |
| 4. House. | Lizard. | Snake. | Death. | Deer. |
| 5. Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. |
| 1. Lizard. | Snake. | Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. |
| 2. Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. |
| 3. Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. | House. | Lizard. |
| 4. Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. |
| 5. Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. | Rain. | Flower. |
| 1. Water. | Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. |
| 2. Movement. | Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. |
| 3. Snake. | Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. |
| 4. Cane. | Tiger. | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. |
| 5. Dragon. | Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. |
| 1. Tiger.[13] | Eagle. | Vulture. | Movement. | Flint. |
| 2. Wind. | House. | Lizard. | Snake. | Death. |
| 3. Dog. | Monkey. | Grass. | Cane. | Tiger. |
| 4. Flint. | Rain. | Flower. | Dragon. | Wind. |
| 5. Death. | Deer. | Rabbit. | Water. | Dog. |
| 1. Rain. | Flower. | |||
| 2. Deer. | Rabbit. | |||
| 3. Eagle. | Vulture. | |||
| 4. House. | Lizard. | |||
| 5. Monkey. | Grass. | |||
If we examine the columns of this list, we see that each one contains the days of some one of the four columns of the arrangement heretofore given; not always in precisely the same order, but the same days.
Without stopping to attempt a further explanation of this calendar or Tonalamatl, which is not within the scope of our present purpose, I merely remark that it is evidently a representation of the Mexican “cycle of two hundred and sixty days,” or thirteen months, the common multiple of 4, 5, 13, and 20, and hence a cycle, at the completion of which the day, numeral, &c. (except the month), will be the same as at the beginning.
[1] Published in 1882, as a memoir of the Société d’Ethnographie of Paris.
[2] Rosny says by mistake “Planche VII-VIII.”
[3] A study of the Manuscript Troano.
[4] As the reduction of the cut prevents the insertion of the names of the days, letters have been substituted for them in the quadrilateral or inner ring as follows:
In the top line.—Ymix, a; Chicchan, b; Muluc, c; Been, d, and Caban, e.