The day-sign tuning.
The Maya counted a sacred round: thirteen numbers turning against twenty day names, a new sign every single day for 260 days. The oldest habit scaffold in the five traditions — and the Portal's practice 05. Your day, and the first full cycle from today, below.
Documented RecordThe 13×20 structure, the twenty day names, and the sign arithmetic are all documented Maya calendrics — not interpretation. The computation below is anchored to 13.0.0.0.0 (2012-12-21) = 4 Ahau and cross-checked against a live tzolkin calendar: 2026-09-18 = 5 Cauac, 2026-09-19 = 6 Ahau.
The sign is computed from your device's date — it is always the day you are actually in. Whatever the number, the practice is the same: notice the sign, let it be the day's frame, answer it at night.
The round, mapped
Every twenty days a new round begins; thirteen rounds complete the 260. The 42-day Portal spans roughly two rounds — which is why your own signs start repeating inside the program, and why that repetition is the point.
The names, and their old readings
1Imix — the seed, the new beginning
2Ik — the wind, the jaguar, the moving mind
3Akbal — the night, the lightning
4Kan — the maize, the sustenance
5Chicchan — the serpent, the bolt
6Cimi — the death, the return
7Manik — the dog, the loyalty
8Lamat — the reptile, the ground
9Muluc — the jaguar, the hidden strength
10Oc — the watchdog, the keeping
11Chuen — the world, the bone
12Eb — the volcano, the shake
13Ben — the honey, the bright
1Ix — the lady, the woven
2Men — the monkey, the play
3Cib — the wildcat, the earth
4Caban — the flint, the cut
5Etznab — the dark jaguar
6Cauac — the storm cloud, the rain
7Ahau — the lord, the head
Text. The day names and their numeric sequence are the documented tzolkin; the readings beside them are the traditional Yucatec glosses, labeled as interpretation, not record.
Run it like the confessions: one sign a day, written down. When the same sign returns a twenty days later, you are meeting it again as a different person — that is the tuning. The 42 days end mid-cycle on purpose. The full round is the next instrument.
Thank you, and I love you.