Like all calendars, one of the functions of the Mayan calendar is to break time up into convenient intervals. We use periods including years, months days.
In the Mayan calendar there are a number of very long time units, including B'ak'tun (394 years, some say 395), Piktun (7,885 years) & others. Longest is the Alautun at 63,081,429 years.
Since the Mayan calendar begins in 3114 BCE, not even a single Alautun (63,081,429 years) has elapsed. There is a very long journey ahead for the world according to the Mayan calendar.
On 21 December 2012, a B'ak'tun (394 years) is coming to an end. What happens then? What happens at the end of the year in our calendar: a new one starts!
Check back tomorrow :)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Mayan+calendar+cause+celebration+doom+researcher+says/7728912/story.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar / end of the world end-of-the-world long count /
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