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Originally Posted by Eta C
All that this refers to is the winter solstice, the start of winter, the shortest day of the year. It's an annual event every December 22 (not the 21st).
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According to the U.S. Naval Observatory (the official timekeeper for the United States), the winter solstice in 2012 occurs at 1111 UT on December 21.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.html
And given the New Age Community's fascination with anything related to 11:11, I would expect them to also assign some huge spiritual significance to the time of the 2012 solstice.
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Originally Posted by Eta C
I'm not sure what the date of the Mayan calender turn-over is, but if it is 23 Dec 12, then it sounds as if someone shifted the date a couple of days to make it coincide with the solstice and make their pet crackpot idea work out.
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As for which Gregorian date this will happen is open to some conjecture. By far the most commonly accepted translation by Mayan scholars is that Mayan date 13.0.0.0.0 correlates to Gregorian date December 21, 2012. This is according to the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson (GMT) correlation constant of 584283. Another less popular correlation constant is 584285, in which Mayan date 13.0.0.0.0 correlates to Dec 23, 2012.