any one of the twenty names[[28]] as a starting point, Kan for example, the number 1 was prefixed to it. See Table [II], in which the names of Table I have been repeated with the numbers prefixed to them in a manner to be explained hereafter. The star opposite the name Kan indicates the starting point above chosen. The name Chicchan immediately following Kan in Table [II] was given the next number in order (2), namely, 2 Chicchan. The next name, Cimi, was given the next number (3), namely, 3 Cimi, and so on as follows: 4 Manik, 5 Lamat, 6 Muluc, 7 Oc, 8 Chuen, 9 Eb, 10 Ben, 11 Ix, 12 Men, 13 Cib.

Table II. SEQUENCE OF MAYA DAYS

*5 Imix
*6 Ik
*7 Akbal
*1 Kan
*2 Chicchan
*3 Cimi
*4 Manik
*5 Lamat
*6 Muluc
*7 Oc 		08 Chuen
09 Eb
10 Ben
11 Ix
12 Men
13 Cib
01 Caban
02 Eznab
03 Cauac
04 Ahau

Instead of giving to the next name in Table [II] (Caban) the number 14, the number 1 was prefixed; for, as previously stated, the numerical coefficients of the days did not rise above the number 13. Following the day 1 Caban, the sequence continued as before: 2 Eznab, 3 Cauac, 4 Ahau. After the day 4 Ahau, the last in Table [II], the next number in order, in this case 5, was prefixed to the next name in order—that is, Imix, the first name in Table [II]—and the count continued without interruption: 5 Imix, 6 Ik, 7 Akbal, or back to the name Kan with which it started. There was no break in the sequence, however, even at this point (or at any other, for that matter). The next name in Table [II], Kan, selected for the starting point, was given the number next in order, i. e., 8, and the day following 7 Akbal in Table [II] would be, therefore, 8 Kan, and the sequence would continue to be formed in the same way: 8 Kan, 9 Chicchan, 10 Cimi, 11 Manik, 12 Lamat, 13 Muluc, 1 Oc, 2 Chuen, 3 Eb, and so on. So far as the Maya conception of time was concerned, this sequence of days went on without interruption, forever.

While somewhat unusual at first sight, this sequence is in reality exceedingly simple, being governed by three easily remembered rules:

Rule 1. The sequence of the 20 day names repeats itself again and again without interruption.

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