Tz'ikin
nawal 15 of 20 · in Yucatec Maya Men
- Meaningbird
- Direction and colour (Yucatec tradition)west, black
Its name comes from 'bird'. It stands for the Creator, present in all that is in space, and it is also the day of livelihood, business and trade. People born on Tz'ikin are said to be good, kind and romantic.
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 Men is variously translated as 'eagle' or 'wise one / craftsman'; translations vary.
The next Tz'ikin days
- 9 Tz'ikin: 13 November 2026
- 3 Tz'ikin: 3 December 2026
- 10 Tz'ikin: 23 December 2026
- 4 Tz'ikin: 12 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.