11 Ak in the Mayan-Mesoamerican Calendar

11 Ak, 11th day in the 13-day Akbar (Night) Week
11 Ak, (Ch'orti'): Grass or reed  (Glyph of woven mat)
11 Aj (Quiche) / 11 Ben (Yucatec): Ear of corn or reed
11 Acatl (Aztec): Grass or reed
Direction: East

Note: The early Mayans wove with reeds or grasses to make baskets, mats for sleeping (petate), and reed boats for ocean travel (from torola reeds). The Quiche word aj means 'ear of corn' in addition to grass. In Ch'orti, cob of corn is k'ab nar, which is where we get the English word 'cob'. Another meaning for this daysign comes from the word ax, which means striped. This sign is often portrayed with stripes, such as those seen in a petate. Ak is one of the roots of 'zacate' which is the word used extensively throughout south Mexico and Central America for 'grass'.

Akbar Week: Balam Akbar or Night Jaguar was one of the four leaders that founded the Mayan-Mesoamerican civilizations. The nation that he founded was also called the Greathouses, possibly due to the large or long houses that they lived in. The Greathouses lived near the ocean on El Salvador's eastern coast and became a great sailing people. Most of the great Mesoamerican peoples, other than the Mayans, come from the Balam Akbar lineage.

Ak in Akbar Week: These signs are opposite each other in the 20-day cycle and as often happens there is poetry in their names, in this case one being contained in the other. These signs come together every 130 days, such as in late July when it will be 11 Akbar during Ak week. The torola reed, ak, is important in the mythology of the Lencas, one of the peoples who have their lineage from Balam Akbar.

Acajutla High Tides: 5:24 AM and 5:44 PM
Semi-diurnal Tide range (Difference in High/Low Tides): 1.70 meters average and decreasing.