Kan
nawal 5 of 20 · in Yucatec Maya Chikchan
- Meaningserpent
- Direction and colour (Yucatec tradition)east, red
Its name is linked with the feathered serpent, the Creator and Former. It means justice, truth and peace. On Kan people ask for strength, health and work, and for help in letting go of anger. People born on Kan are said to be strong, skilful, wise and sincere.
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
In Momostenango Kan is linked with the ajmes, very powerful ritual specialists, and with 'the enemy'; Tedlock describes people born on Kan as strong and difficult.
The next Kan days
- 12 Kan: 3 November 2026
- 6 Kan: 23 November 2026
- 13 Kan: 13 December 2026
- 7 Kan: 2 January 2027
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.