Aq'ab'al
nawal 3 of 20 · in Yucatec Maya Ak'bal
- Meaningdawn; the night giving way to day
- Direction and colour (Yucatec tradition)west, black
Its name is linked with darkness and dawn: it is the light of daybreak coming out of the night. It is a good day to ask that light reach all things, and it is the day of the heart's feelings. People born on Aq'ab'al are said to be brave, humble, serious and precise, and able to withstand rejection.
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
The Yucatec name Ak'bal is usually translated 'night, darkness', the K'iche' Aq'ab'al 'dawn'. Tedlock also records a negative sense: 'blame, lies'.
The next Aq'ab'al days
- 10 Aq'ab'al: 1 November 2026
- 4 Aq'ab'al: 21 November 2026
- 11 Aq'ab'al: 11 December 2026
- 5 Aq'ab'al: 31 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.