Cauac.

  12 Kan.     8 Kan.     4 Kan.   --------     1 Muluc.   10 Muluc.     7 Ix.     3 Ix.   13 Cauac.     9 Cauac.     6 Kan.     2 Kan.   11 Kan.     8 Muluc.     4 Muluc.     1 Ix.   10 Ix.     7 Cauac.     3 Cauac.   --------   12 Cauac.     9 Kan.     5 Kan.     2 Muluc.   11 Muluc.     8 Ix.     4 Ix.     1 Cauac.   10 Cauac.     6 Cauac.     3 Kan.   12 Kan.     9 Muluc.     5 Muluc.     2 Ix.   11 Ix.     8 Cauac.     4 Cauac.   13 Cauac.   10 Kan.     6 Kan.     3 Muluc.   12 Muluc.     9 Ix.     5 Ix.     1 Ix.   11 Cauac.     7 Cauac.     4 Kan.   --------   13 Kan.   10 Muluc.     6 Muluc.     3 Ix.   12 Ix.     8 Ix.     5 Cauac.     1 Cauac.   11 Kan.

The only places where a year 4 Kan appears are at the dates

But as the words used are that 6 years (or tuns) remained before the end of the katun, and as a slightly longer time than just 6 tuns may have remained, and as the month Zip in which the death of Ahpula occurred is the third month of the year and so is near the beginning of the year 4 Kan, it is quite possible that the beginning of the Tun 14 may have been in the latter part of the preceding year, in which case, in addition to the preceding dates, the following date might be the one which we are seeking:

As 9 Ymix 19 Zip is said to be in the year 4 Kan, we shall find this date before the dates of the beginning of Tun 14 in the first two cases and after the beginning of Tun 14 in the last case. This date of 9 Ymix 19 Zip will then be numbered thus, placing the three dates in consecutive order:

In no one of the cases is the date 9 Ymix 19 Zip exactly 6 tuns before the end of the Katun 13 Ahau, but it is possible that the annalist took no account of fractions of tuns, either in excess of the 6 tuns or otherwise. Thus in the first and last cases of the three, as first given, he may have