Mayan Calendar - How exactly did it work?

According to the Mayan calendar, we are now living in the Mayan "end times." The Great Cycle of the Mayan Long Count calendar ends at the winter solstice in 2012 AD. But how exactly does this calendar work?

The Maya kept time with a combination of several cycles that meshed together to mark the movement of the sun, moon and Venus. They are combined toghether and work as super presice clockwork. Just to give you a clue of how highly accurate their  astrological timekeeping was, know this fact: Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days. That is only 34 seconds out. Pretty sick if you ask me!


Here is a short video explaining the technicals of the Mayan Calendar.