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Chac 2.0.8

Mayan calendar.


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Chac is a complete accurate Maya calendar for the Macintosh.

Version 2.0.8: I fixed a typo in the ISIG patron meaning strings for the Haab' month Wayeb' from "4 unlucky days" to "5 Unlucky Days". I made minor edits to the Help book.

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TLALOC The farthest right menu in a Mac OS X application is the Help menu. The second item is entitled "Chac Help". This item will load an HTML document that has a lot of valuable information about Chac and the Maya calendar. When all else fails, read the instructions.
(Version 2.0.3)

FYREFLYE For a sane discussion of the alleged "Mayan Prophecies" (but not of this app) see: http://www.skepdic.com/maya.html
(Version 2.0.3)

AZTHAROTH I just got this app mailed.... ad I was watching some others calendars... I'm pretty confused, because mr. Ian Lungold rom www.mayanmajix.com uses Calleman's Book for his speeches, and this one ends in 28. October 2011, not 2012....

And 2nd, I was using the apple maya calender widget.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/information/mayacalendar.html

And a second calendar from the learning lab of mayanmajix:

http://www.xzone.com.au/tzolkin/getcalendar.php

And those both were showing me the same date today, Example, in both was 3 Etz'nab today.

And this Chac Calendar is the onlyone showing 9 Eb being the Day today....

I still haven't find which is right, but till now, is 2 softwares(apple widget and xzone) against 1 (chac)

If you find out anything about which one is right, please let me know by commenting back :)
(Version 2.0.3)

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Feb 4 2008

TLALOC The farthest right menu in a Mac OS X application is a Help menu. The second item is entitled "Chac Help". All of this is explained in this help document. More discussion of the writings of Jose Arguelles, Ian Lungold, Carl Callemans, Terrence McKena, etc. can be found in the talk page of the Wikipedia article about the Mesoamerican Long count Calendar here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar

Reading this will explain why their theories are never allowed in the wiki pages about the Maya calendar. The bottom line is that they are new age spiritualists who have made up bizarre incorrect theories about the calendar and their writings are dis information.

Chac agrees with the Dashboard widgit but has lot more information.
(Version 2.0.3)

Feb 4 2008

TLALOC Chac, http://www.xzone.com.au/tzolkin/getcalendar.php and the dashboard widget all agree so I don't know what you're talking about. the online calculator is an astrology page and it only can calculate today's Tzolk'in so it's fairly worthless. The widget can only calculate today's Long Count and calendar round so it's quite limited in what it can do as well.
(Version 2.0.3)

TIM27 i believe the Maya calendar ends in 2012 with the end of the world. I just saw something on the History Channel about it.
(Version 2.0.3)

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Feb 4 2008

TLALOC No, the Maya calendar doesn't end in 2012. This is explained in the help book for this application. You can read it by going to the help menu and selecting the second item: Chac Help.

There are actually two of those shows about the "Mayan Doomsday Prophesy" on the History Channel. They probably have set a dubious record by condensing more disinformation into one show than any other TV show in the history of television.

These shows are entertainment, amusing fiction but not science.
(Version 2.0.3)

Jan 10 2009

JOHN SAWYER CJS Entertainment? Amusing fiction?? Not science???

Prove it! I want to see the end of the world. When it's done, I'll sit down and watch some more TV...
(Version 2.0.6)

CA Nice and interesting! Well done!
(Version 2.0d2)

JCT Odd little app; it is interesting to look at and certainly makes you happy our calendar is a bit easier to manage.

Runs fine on my Intel Mac Mini.
(Version 2.0)

MUSUBANA Not of much use unless you are an expert of Mayan or a medieval-minded modern-day Maya.

But five stars for the historical value and the great fun! :-)
(Version 2.0)