(a) Detail of the Dresden Codex showing Tzolkin used in Divination.
(b) Analysis of the above Tzolkin, according to Förstemann.
| III | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
| East | * | North | * | West | * | South | |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | |
| God B | † | Woman | Good Days | God G | ‡ | * | |
| 13 | III | 13 | III | 13 | III | 15 | |
| 1 | God E | ||||||
| Akbal | 16 | ||||||
| 2 | (Image 1) | (Image 2) | (Image 3) | Week of 13 days | |||
| Men | 17 | ||||||
| Ahau | |||||||
| 3 | |||||||
| Manik | |||||||
| 4 | |||||||
| Cauac | 13 | ||||||
Image 1: God B—rain and sky god of good powers. Holds Kan (maize) sign in his hand. Image 2: Goddess with serpent headdress possibly connected with floods. Holds Kan sign in hand. Image 3: God K—benevolent sun god. If space had been larger God E (the maize god) would probably have been drawn next.
The three pictures of gods give us an inkling into the significance of this particular table of chances. All of the gods carry the kan or maize sign in their hands. The first god is the benevolent rain god and the third is the benevolent sun god. Between them is seated the malevolent goddess of floods with a serpent on her head. The maize god is not shown but his hieroglyph is given. This tzolkin probably deals with agriculture and may be an attempt to determine lucky days for planting.
Correlation with Christian Chronology.
The day for day correlation rests broadly on the placing of the date on the Lintel of the Initial Series at Chichen Itza in the first occupation of that city according to the chronicles. More specifically it rests upon statements in Mayan and Spanish documents relating to the completion of tuns and katuns in the never-languishing day count. Also consideration must be given the so-called Year-Bearers, these being the first days of current years which furnish the designations for such years. Bishop Landa has a specimen Mayan year with its equivalent days in the Spanish calendar; this is the year 12 Kan corresponding to 1553-1554 A. D. and the day 12 Kan is found in the Long Count position 12.9.17.9.4, 12 Kan 2 Pop, July 26, 1553, Gregorian Calendar.