Tropical Year

The solar observatory at Uaxactun was used to observe the equinox and solstice stations of the Sun. The long count dates on stelae 18, 19, and 20 are seperated by 7 K'atun, which is equal to 138 tropical years and a remainder of -3.43 days.

Stela 18, 19: 8.16.0.0.0

Stela 20: 9.3.0.0.0

Other dates as given by Kelley (1983:179-84) supports the expectation, that they represented one of the tropical year stations. A mean long count date as a tropical year station would be 9.15.12.11.11 5 Chuwen 4 Wayeb.