Lord of the Night | Y (CST)

Overview

The Lord of the Night is a day cycle used by the Maya people. It is a simple cycle of 9 incrementing days that reflect the Maya deity that rules that night.

The names of 8 of the lords have not been identified, but the G9 lord is named Pauahtun.

The Maya also had another day cycle of 7 days of unknown utility, referred to simply as 'Y'.

Info

The Lords of the Night were also known by the Aztecs, and historians have identified the names of all 9 deities.

Accuracy

Being a simple calculation, these two cycles are expected to be perfectly accurate.

Source

Much of the information on this calendar can be found at its Wikipedia article.

The Smithsonian website has the current day as well as a converter, though it is broken for dates before the Long Count epoch.