Técpatl, flint
Sign 18 of the twenty in the tonalpohualli. Direction: north. Patron after the Codex Borgia: Tezcatlipoca.
The flint knife, a year bearer. According to the Codex Boturini, the Mexica left Aztlan in a year 1 Técpatl.
The next Técpatl days
- Tuesday, 27 October 2026: 5 Técpatl
- Monday, 16 November 2026: 12 Técpatl
- Sunday, 6 December 2026: 6 Técpatl
- Saturday, 26 December 2026: 13 Técpatl
In the Maya count: Tijax / Etz'nab.
The "Aztec horoscopes" that describe the character of each sign are mostly modern: the old sources give no personality profiles by sign. So this page has only what the sources say: the name, its meaning, the direction and the patron, which also varies between the codices.