Mayan Calendar converts Gregorian dates to the ancient Mayan calendar system. Returns the Long Count, Tzolkin (260-day sacred calendar), and Haab (365-day civil calendar) dates.
Try it — live request, no key required
No key required to try it. Get a key to use it in your app.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
// Mayan Calendar response payload
}
}
About the Mayan Calendar API
Uses the GMT (Goodman-Martinez-Thompson) correlation constant for accurate conversion. Ideal for educational content, historical research, and cultural applications.
What people use it for
- Educational Tools
- Teach about ancient Mesoamerican calendar systems
- Cultural Applications
- Display Mayan dates for heritage and cultural apps
- Historical Research
- Convert dates for archaeological and historical study
- Novelty Apps
- Generate personalized Mayan birth dates
Ways to call it
One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.
- JSON
- Default REST response
- XML
- Markup format
- YAML
- Human-readable
- CSV
- Tabular export
- GraphQL
- Query language
- MCP
- For AI agents
Other ways to use Mayan Calendar
Same data, same APIVerve account, same credit balance — one key works on all of them.
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How much does the Mayan Calendar API cost?
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What HTTP method does the Mayan Calendar API use?
Request parameters — GET /v1/mayancalendar
Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.
Required
| Parameter | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
dateRequired | string | 2024-12-21 | The Gregorian date in YYYY-MM-DD format date |
curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar?date=2024-12-21" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"Authentication
Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.
| Header | When | Value |
|---|---|---|
x-api-keyRequired | Every request | Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so X-API-Key is the same header. |
AuthorizationAlternate | Instead of the above | Bearer <key> — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing. |
A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.
Response — GET /v1/mayancalendar
Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"gregorian": "2024-12-21",
"longCount": {
"formatted": "13.0.12.3.3",
"baktun": 13,
"katun": 0,
"tun": 12,
"winal": 3,
"kin": 3
},
"tzolkin": {
"number": 6,
"dayName": "Akbal",
"formatted": "6 Akbal"
},
"haab": {
"day": 6,
"monthName": "Kankin",
"formatted": "6 Kankin"
},
"calendarRound": "6 Akbal 6 Kankin",
"daysSinceEpoch": 1876383
}
}
Response fields
Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
gregorian | string | "2024-12-21" | The input Gregorian date in YYYY-MM-DD format |
longCount | object | {...} | |
formatted | string | "13.0.12.3.3" | Mayan Long Count formatted as baktun.katun.tun.winal.kin |
baktunPremium | number | 13 | Long Count baktun component (cycle of 400 tuns) |
katunPremium | number | 0 | Long Count katun component (cycle of 20 tuns) |
tunPremium | number | 12 | Long Count tun component (cycle of 18 winals) |
winalPremium | number | 3 | Long Count winal component (cycle of 20 kins) |
kinPremium | number | 3 | Long Count kin component (day unit in Mayan calendar) |
tzolkin | object | {...} | |
numberPremium | number | 6 | Tzolkin sacred calendar day number (1-13) |
dayNamePremium | string | "Akbal" | Tzolkin day name from 20-day Mayan sacred cycle |
formatted | string | "6 Akbal" | Tzolkin date formatted as number and day name |
haab | object | {...} | |
dayPremium | number | 6 | Haab civil calendar day number (0-19 or 0-4) |
monthNamePremium | string | "Kankin" | Haab month name from 18-month Mayan civil calendar |
formatted | string | "6 Kankin" | Haab date formatted as day and month name |
calendarRoundPremium | string | "6 Akbal 6 Kankin" | Calendar Round combining Tzolkin and Haab dates |
daysSinceEpochPremium | number | 1876383 | Days since Mayan creation date (0.0.0.0.0) |
Response headers
Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.
| Header | What it carries |
|---|---|
x-api-remaining-credits | Credits left in the current cycle |
x-api-credits-used | Credits spent in the current cycle |
x-api-max-credits | The allowance for the cycle |
x-api-version | Version of the endpoint that answered |
Errors
Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.
| Status | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
400 | Input was rejected | Read error; it names the parameter that has to change. |
401 | Key missing or invalid | Check the header name and the key value. |
403 | Key valid, but not permitted here | A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key. |
429 | Rate limited, or out of credits | Read error to tell them apart, then back off or top up. |
What a call costs — 2 credits per call
Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.
| Plan | Per month | Credits | Mayan Calendar calls | Per 1,000 calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 200 | 100 | Free |
| Starter | $29.99 | 200,000 | 100,000 | $0.30 |
| Pro | $99.99 | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $0.20 |
| Mega | $299.99 | 4,000,000 | 2,000,000 | $0.15 |
Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.
Call it from cURL — GET /v1/mayancalendar
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/mayancalendar with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/mayancalendar
Install the Node.js SDK, then call the Mayan Calendar API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.
npm install @apiverve/mayancalendarconst res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar", {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Python — GET /v1/mayancalendar
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/mayancalendar with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/mayancalendar
Install the C# / .NET SDK, then call the Mayan Calendar API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.
dotnet add package APIVerve.API.MayanCalendarusing var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar");
Console.WriteLine(json);Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Go — GET /v1/mayancalendar
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/mayancalendar with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from PHP — GET /v1/mayancalendar
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/mayancalendar with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/mayancalendar
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/mayancalendar with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/mayancalendar")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.bodyResources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend
Drop an interactive Mayan Calendar form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.
Changelog — Mayan Calendar API
Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.
Entries are picked up from dated catalog snapshots, so the first one appears after the next snapshot that moves something. A period where nothing changed produces no entry — silence is a valid changelog for the Mayan Calendar API.
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