Mayan Calendar Ends December 2024 Calendar. This long count feature is how we are able to extend the maya calendar all the way to 2012. Many people are familiar with the special date of december 21, 2012 ad, which marks the end of the long count period of 1872000 days, and corresponds to a winter solstice.

A cult following has developed around december 21, 2012, the supposed end of the mayan calendar, the theoretical doomsday to trump all others. It turns out that an earlier (now the earliest known) mayan calendar, just discovered, also offers no.