December 21, 2012 or December 24, 2011?
In Mexico Mystique, author Frank Waters outlines the steps researchers took to correlate the fateful 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 8 Cumku date in the Mayan Long Count Calendar with our Gregorian Calendar.
The Maya view of time is that of a recurring cycle. Therefore, the 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 8 Cumku date has occurred in the past and will occur again in the future. Researchers first attempted to pinpoint the last occurrence of this date so they could know what date in the future it would fall on.
One researcher, Willson, dated the beginning of our present world as August 25, 3511 B.C. Spinden said it was October 14, 3373 B.C. Morley said the year should be 3340 B.C. Escalona-Ramos said 2853 B.C. On the other hand, G. Zimmer’s date was August 29, 3512 B.C. Then J.T. Goodman set the year as 3113 B.C. Juan Martinez Hernandez made a change of one day and J. Eric S. Thompson made a four-day correction so that the date was settled at August 12, 3113 B.C.
Based on this date, the next 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 8 Cumku will occur on December 24, 2011. Mexico Mystique was published in 1975. I assume recent researchers have further modified the last date so that the the beginning of the next projected new world is now December 21, 2011.
All I can say is that this date keeps changing. Who knows what new understanding of the Mayan glyphs will reveal? The date may change again.
