With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the world infecting millions and killing several lakhs, the Mayan Calendar's so called "world will end" had generated a lot of interest.But with June 21 coming to an end, the Mayan Calendar has, just like its 2012 prediction, once again proven to be nothing but just a hoax.The Mayan calendar came into existence in 1582 and people used different calendars to keep a track of dates before this. "Not every year.
2,948 days / 365 days (per year) = 8 years”.So, following this theory, June 21, 2020 would actually be December 21, 2012. The world isn't going to end on June 21, as some Mayan calendar theorists suggest. no one knows. But with June 21 coming to an end, the Mayan Calendar has, just like its 2012 prediction, once again proven to be nothing but just a hoax. At the time, the two of the most popular calendars were the Mayan and Julian calendars.It is to be noted that Gregorian calendar is now use by majority of people across the world.As per a bizarre theory, as many as 11 days were lost from the calendar year while a shift was being made from the Julian calendar.And now over time those lost days have been added up and it is belived that we should actually be in the year 2012, not 2020.Scientist Paolo Tagaloguin explained the theory on social media like this: “Following the Julian Calendar, we are technically in 2012. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, an alternate reading of the Mayan calendar has revealed that the apocalypse will happen next week.
"This takes the apparent end of the world from December 21, 2012, to June 21, 2020.But once again the claims have been absolutely rubbished by people in the know, stating there is no scientific evidence to support the theory.Hasan Al Hariri, CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group, told Gulf News: “Science is elegant and beautiful, but it requires effort to understand. "According to many conspiracy theorists, last time the infamous Mayan calendar was read incorrectly and was thus assumed to be December 21 2012.However, this time the new prediction is backed up the gregorian calendar which the world follows also takes the extra minutes every year into consideration that are added up as extra days in the leap years. While Earth is currently fighting a global pandemic, numerous earthquakes, cyclones, borderline war conflicts, etc people on social media are still very much concerned about the possible end of the world.
You must be living under a rock if you are unversed with the theories of the world coming to an end on June 21, 2020.
"Other astronomers have also dismissed the claim, stating that the maths and new interpretation is simply wrong.Astronomer Phil Plait explained on SyFy: "The Gregorian calendar does not lose 11 days per year! Basically, the Julian calendar, which was widely used a long time ago, didn't account for leap years very well, so hundreds of years ago countries started switching to the Gregorian calendar, which does a better job (though it's a little complicated). As per History.com, "The Maya Empire, centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century A.D. Now however, the bizarre claims are back, with suggestions there were discrepancies in how the calendar … As per History.com, "The Maya Empire, centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century A.D.
Incidentally, the doomsday prediction clashes with the date of the Ring of Fire solar eclipse.
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First off, the Maya never predicted the end of the world. You can find out more by clicking 2,948 days / 365 days (per year) = 8 years. "When they did, the calendar had to jump forward a bunch of days to compensate for days missed— usually about 10 or 11 days — but it was only done once. ""Most of the great stone cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900, however, and since the 19th century scholars have debated what might have caused this dramatic decline. ""Most of the great stone cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900, however, and since the 19th century scholars have debated what might have caused this dramatic decline.