Nawal
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
A nawal (plural nawales) is one of twenty day-signs in the Tzolk'in. Apps often use names like Jaguar, Wind, and Night in K'iche'-aligned spellings.
Each Gregorian date maps to a nawal plus a tone (1-13) in simplified math used for cultural learning outside ceremony.
Example: see it on a birth date
In highland Maya usage, nawal is another name for the Tzolk'in day-sign. On August 18, 2021 that day-sign is 4 Chikchan (Serpent).
Nawal here means the day-sign in the 260-day count. It is not a Western sun sign.
Enter your own date on the Zodiac Sign Calculator.
Living tradition
Maya daykeepers hold these signs in ritual context. Our Mayan card is a respectful calculator. It is not initiation into sacred practice.
Related
Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links to the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Indian Vedic pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Rising Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Lagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Moon Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Janma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.