MayaCalculator Files

MayaCalc by p4rAn0id (2012)
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This little app calculates the Mayadate.
There are a lot online calculators for that and i wrote it
because i'm intressted in the MayaMath and their calendar.

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FAQ - or something else
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Q: What does MayaCalc?
A: According to the given gregorian Date it generates the
   mayan Date inclusive Tzolkin and Haab.
Q: Why you prefer the Thompson-Method?
A: Because it meets the most dates from our and the mayan 
   calendar. And on the other side it makes more sense that
   the calendar starts/ends with the winter solstice.
Q: Why you don't use Pictun and above?
A: Pictun and above came from the MayanMath. There they get
   used to describe high numbers. But in the Calender they 
   respected the cycles more (else why 13 baktuns and not 
   20 and 18 Uinal and not 20?). So i implement a bit my
   own understanding of the calendar. commonly they count
   20 baktun for 1 pictun but this is not conform with a 
   calendar that jump to 0 after 13 baktuns. calculating
   with pictun and above - they was in modern times 
   'invented' by some scientist (as i said above, pictun
   came from the MayaMath but hadn't to do anything with
   the Calendar) - is unneccessary, complicate and not 
   really logic, practicable and usefull. Also with Pictuns
   the great cycles get somehow ignored.
   
Sources:
  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-Kalender
  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julianisches_Datum
  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzolkin
  http://www.mathezentrale.de/maya/maya1.htm
  http://www.warumwieso.de/Kalender-Berechnung.html
  http://www.vinckensteiner.com/kultur/kalender/
  http://www.mycsharp.de/wbb2/thread.php?postid=140938
		
Known Issues:
 - atm only from gregorian to MayaDate can get calculated
 - atm only dates between the 01.01.1753-31.12.9998 can get
   calculated. This is of the limitations by the .NET 
   Framework's DatePicker. I'm working on a solution for 
   that.
		
ToDo:
 - too much to list here
 - add possibility to copy the MayaDate
 - add calculations (MayaDate->GregorianDate)
 - give the possibility to define the point where the day 
   should change. currently it is at midnight and it can
   get defined to use the local or UTC time. but as i read
   somewhere, the Tzolkin-Day begin at sunrise.
 - make dates available beyond the limitations of the .NET
 - a little MayaNumberGenerator
   The Mayas write all numbers with 3 symbols
 
Changelog/History
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MayaCalc v0.1.4661.24110 (05.10.2012)
          12.19.19.14.3 (5{hoo} Akbal 6{uac} Yax)
 - down-sized the images for the Haab
    now the app is under 500kb (before 1.2MB)
	The hi-res images are still available in the source
	package
 - added MayanNumberNames
	
MayaCalc v0.1.4659.38615 (03.10.2012)
                        12.19.19.14.1 (3 Imix 4 Yax)
 ~ Bugfix: the MayaDate's after our 21.12.2012 now get
    displayed correct
 - for future use i implemented some calculations of the
    CosmicDay(i call it a CosmicYear) and the mayan Worlds.
	13 Baktuns are one World and 5 Worlds are a CosmicYear.
	
MayaCalc v0.1.4658.38444 (02.10.2012)
                        12.19.19.14.0 (2 Ahau 3 Yax)
 ~ Bugfix: changed the method how the Juliandate get 
    calculated
 - implemented UTC / Local Time
 - changed the Images for the Haab
	saddly this pumped up the size of the app dramatically
	when i have the time i downsize the used hi-res images
    took the Mayan_Zodiac_Circle.jpg from wikipedia and 
	cutted the Haab's out of it (i'm intrested what's 
	the meaning of the symbol in the middle. it lifts an
	unknown haab? or what is the men doing?)
						
MayaCalc v0.1.4653.893 (27.09.2012)
                        12.19.19.13.15 (10 Men 18 Chen)
 - implemented images for Tzolin, Haab and Numbers
 - calculating JulianDate from gregorian Date
 - calculating the MayaDate from the JulianDate
 - calculating Tzolkin and Haab from MayaDate and print out
   the images of them