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The first day on this calendar would be 1 Imix. The second would be 2 Ik, followed by 3 Akbal. The thirteenth would be 13 Ben which would be followed by 1 Ix, 2 Men, 3 Cib, etc. A period of 260 days brought the calendar back to 1 Imix. In case this is hard to follow, think of our calendar, which has names for the days of the week as well as numbers for the days of the month. In October, there are 31 days, but only seven weekday names, so Friday, the 13th (similar to 1 Imix in that it is two terms) is followed by Saturday the 14th, Sunday the 15th ... and then, by the time names for days of the week run out, we're back to Friday, but with a new number; this time, Friday, the 20th. It will be many months before we start again by reaching a new Friday the 13th.
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