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Calendar Haab

Within the complex Mayan calendar , the Haab calendar is version Maya 's solar calendar of 365 days, common to civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Composition of the calendar haab

The Haab calendar consists of 18 periods of 20 days , so a total of 360 days. These periods are more or less the equivalent of months. Added to these five days "without soul", the Uayeb, who are known to be dangerous. Haab of 365 years invariably follow and are not numbered.

The question was raised whether the Mayans were aware of the leap year ^References