21st December 2012 has been selected by many as the day of catastrophe. Most of the predictions are based on the calculations of the ancient Mayans.
The Mayan people were centered in central America, the apex of their civilization lasting from A.D. 250 to 900. The Mayan priests devised a calendrical system connected to astronomical observation that some believe to be more accurate than the calendar we use today.
Based on their studies in astronomy, The Mayans created a calendar system that plotted the history of time starting with the beginning f the current world on August 11, 3114 BC. Using a lunar calendar system, Mayans measured time in units of twenty. [Twenty kin (Days) made a Winal (month); 18 Winals made a Tun(year) ; 20 Tuns made a Katun(20 years); and 20 Katuns made a Bactun(400 years)].
To designate a specific date, they recorded it in terms of how far away from the start of creation it was…The most significant fact of the Mayan calendar is that it appears to predict 13 Bactuns as the end time of the present world age. After dating every year from the beginning of time, the calendar ends suddenly at the close of the thirteen Bactun.
After translating the Mayan calendar date in to the Gregorian calendar system used today produces the date of December 21 of 2012 as the end date of present era. The Mayan obsession with time can be seen in the fact that they developed 20 different calendars . The Mayans relied upon three main time tracking calendars that are most relevant to the 2012 date.
While many Westerners seize on Dec.21,2012 as a date of disaster, modern Mayans generally do not see it in that way. Don Alejandro, one present-day Mayan leader, has given his opinion on 21st December 2012 as a time of positive change.
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