Dec 2012 – Part 1

Ohhh!!! Again the same topic? I have heard a lot about this topic…I have even watched a movie…so please stop!!! Phewwww!!! I know this is what goes through your mind right after looking at this topic but believe me.. I’m trying to share all the information that i know and make this blog look different from all other blogs so I’m sure you will learn something new by the time you finish reading each post :)

Does this date give a shiver down your spine? Is it true this is the end of the world? Why do people believe in such craps? This is because there are several events that are going to occur on this particular day.

Here is the list of things that make people believe 21st dec 2012 is the doomsday.

1. Mayan’s predictions never went wrong and their calendar ends here…Hinduism and Chinese I ching also say it’s the end of the world.

2. There is geomagnetic reversal or pole shift on earth on this particular day.

3. Scientists are expecting a solar flare in dec 2012.

4. According to Nostrasamus prediction, planet Nibru is on the way to destroy the world in dec 2012

5. Crop circles reveal the end of the world and it’s exactly the same date what Mayans have predicted.

The list doesn’t stop here but this space is not enough if you want me to explain everything.

By the way, is that all going to happen on the same day?  how could it be a coincidence???but wait!!! This date is not the end of world. Earth is not going to get destroyed in a single day.Ok! Let me explain :)

Who are Mayans and what does their calendar say about this particular date?

Mayans were found to be highly developed civilization. They lived in jungle of mexico and central America. They were very intelligent and they were able to predict the future with the planetary positions. People say their predictions of events in their calendar never failed to occur. So? Does this calendar say 21-12-2012 is the end of the world? The answer is a big NO!!!

There is no single evidence in the mayan calendar that this particular day is the end of the world. No doubt that this particular date plays a major role in Mayan’s calendar but it’s certainly not the end of the world. All these stories cropped up when some people started misinterpreting the true meaning of mayan’s prediction. Yes! The end of the mayan calendar has been wrongly interpreted as the end of the world.

First,Let’s see how mayan calendar works.I will try to explain it in very simple terms so that you could understand it easily. If you don’t understand or not interested then you could skip the calculation part alone :)

Mayan used base 20 system in their calendar (1-19 and a zero). Each number is separated by dot(.) so there is no date or month or year in mayan calendar and everything is calculated with these numbers separated by dots.They used five base 20 numerals.


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For example,

1^st day is 0.0.0.0.1

2^nd day is 0.0.0.0.2

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18^th day is 0.0.0.018

19^th day is 0.0.0.0.19

Since there are only 19 numbers and a zero, the 20^th day is represented by 0.0.0.1.0

21st day is 0.0.0.0.1.1

22^nd day is 0.0.0.0.1.2

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42nd day - 0.0.0.0.1.19

43^rd day -0.0.0.0.2.0 and so on

But for a reason while all numbers are in base 20, the second number from right is in base 18..So after 0.0.0.0.17.19 it’s 0.0.0.1.0.0 instead of 0.0.0.18.0.

By restricting the second digit from right to base 18,the total number of days by last two numbers would come to 360 days which is one solar years. We can find out the approximate solar years in the calendar by looking at the first three digits.

For example, 0.0.11.0.0 would be 11 solar years.

Mayan calendar is a long count calendar. The first digit from left is the long count.

Say 1.0.0.0.0 ..here 1 is the long count. It has to take 20x20x18x20 =144,000 days to become 2.0.0.0.0. This 144,000 days is equal to 395 solar years.

So the current dates according to the mayan calendar are 12.19.0.0.0 and next date would start on dec 21^st 2012 which would be 13.0.0.0.0.  This is what created a big fuss among people around the world. The end of the calendar is considered to be the end of the world by most of the people only because during the end of previous long count there was indeed a disaster took place but it doesn’t mean it happens at the end of each long count.If that’s the case mayans have definitely predicted because mayans were really very good at predictions ,So there is no single reference about the end of the world in their prediction. So according to mayans 21,dec,2012 is not the end of the world.


 

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