page_title: Tōnalpōhualli
hierarchical_section_title: Tōnalpōhualli
caption_attribution_description: Page 11, reverse, from Codex Magliabechiano, showing the first four day-symbols of the tonalpohualli: Flint, Rain, Flower, Crocodile. Note how closely the Rain day-symbol resembles that of Tlaloc.
context_page_description: The tōnalpōhualli, meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is an Aztec version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, eg. the Maya equivalent Tzolkin. This calendar is neither solar nor lunar, but rather consists of 20, 13-day periods. Each trecena is ruled by a different deity.
context_section_description: The tōnalpōhualli ([toːnaɬpoːˈwalːi]), meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is an Aztec version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, eg. the Maya equivalent Tzolkin. This calendar is neither solar nor lunar, but rather consists of 20 (veintenas), 13-day (trecenas) periods.  Each trecena is ruled by a different deity.
caption: Page 11 reverse from Codex Magliabechiano, showing four day-symbols of the tōnalpōhualli: (ce = one) Flint/Knife tecpatl, (ōme = two) Rain quiahuitl, (ēyi = three) Flower xōchitl, and (nāhui = four) Caiman/Crocodile (cipactli), with Spanish descriptions.
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