Mayans Calendar System. For the maya, this calendar was called tzolkin, for the. The maya calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the long count, the tzolkin (divine calendar), and the haab (civil calendar).

The maya calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the long count, the tzolkin (divine calendar), and the haab (civil calendar). It served as the basis for all other calendars used by ancient mexican and central american.