Ajpu
nawal 20 of 20 · in Yucatec Maya Ajaw
- Meaningthe blowgun hunter; the sun; the lord
- Direction and colour (Yucatec tradition)south, yellow
Its name is linked with life, destiny, plants and animals. It is the Lord Sun: the hunter, the marksman, the walker. On Ajpu people ask that the ideas put forward by the community come true. People born on this day are said to be good, talented and affectionate, and at the same time passionate and firm in their judgement.
After the text of the Komon Tohil group of K'iche' daykeepers (ajq'ijab') of Zunil, Quetzaltenango, published by the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian) in “Living Maya Time”.
Other readings
Tedlock writes Junajpu and in Momostenango links it mainly with the dead.
The next Ajpu days
- 7 Ajpu: 29 October 2026
- 1 Ajpu: 18 November 2026
- 8 Ajpu: 8 December 2026
- 2 Ajpu: 28 December 2026
A living calendar
The Cholq'ij is a living spirituality, not a memory of a vanished people. The meaning of a day is given by an ajq'ij, with the person in front of them, looking at the nawal, the number and the rest of the count; this page can only give the general frame and predicts nothing. If you want to know more about your nawal, go to an ajq'ij of a Maya community.
Dates are calculated with the GMT correlation (584283), the one that agrees with the count the ajq'ijab' of the Guatemalan highlands have kept without a break.