The correct answer is C) to calculate the timing of religious events.
<em>The purpose of the Maya Tzolkin calendar was to calculate the timing of religious events.</em>
The Tzolkin calendar for the Mayas had a special meaning. It was the called the Divine calendar and his meaning was "distribution of days." It was a 260-day calendar with 20 periods of 13 days. The Mayas used to calculate and determine the time of religious and ceremonial events during the year.
The other two Mayan calendars were the Haab, a solar calendar of 365 days that was divided into 18 months of 20 days, and the Long Count Calendar that was the astronomical calendar used by the Mayans to track longer periods of time.
