Instructions:



1. Place the files TONAL4C.EXE and AZTEC.ICO, in whatever 
folder you want them to stay in. 

2. In WIN9x, select "NEW SHORTCUT" and browse for TONAL4C.EXE. Once you've set the 
shortcut, select "CHANGE ICON" and browse for AZTEC.ICO.

3. Now TONAL4C is ready to run; double-click the icons to start them. 

TONAL4:

1. The first screen asks about the start date, that is, what day in our calender is 
"Aztec New Year." Standard is Sahagun, Feb. 2. Other choices are Feb 12 (Valliant) 
and Mar.1 (Duran). A user choice is also possible (WARNING: TONAL4C may malfunction 
if start dates beyond Mar. 1 are used). 

2. The next screen offers a choice of calendar, day analysis, numbers and signs, or hours of the day and night.  
For the calendar and day analysis, just hit "enter" for current computer dates. 
Follow the instructions on the screen. Note: the calendar is currently only valid for the years 1940 - 2099. 

3. Once you're at a month, there's a list of commands at the bottom of the page.

4. What you're seeing: the conversion of modern dates to Mesoamerican is shown. At
the left is the month. The first day of the month is marked in red and as "Day 1," 
the dates of the ceremonies are marked as "FD." The Sacred Calendar ("moveable")
ceremonies are shown as footnotes. 

5. Day analysis shows the month, day, week ruler and day ruler. 

6. Signs and numbers shows you the weeks and how they're laid out. 

7. "X" (eXit to DOS) will return you to WIN9x in a WIN9x installation.

8. The "Hours of the day and night" option is a simple and easy-to-use program to translate the modern 24 hour clock into
the 22 hour variable-length Mesoamerican clock. You'll need the sunrise and sunset
times for the date at your latitude and longitude to work this one. If you don't 
have the "next day sunrise" time, just bypass it; this introduce an error but it's
small, a minute or two at most. Once you have the data, just follow the instructions 
on the screen to get the hour translation and the hour rulers. 


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This software is copyright Sam Leo 1997 - 2000. It's freeware, it can be distributed
freely. Please do not sell it or add it to a pay site.

E-mail
samiam@mindspring.com
samiam@blackplague.org
samiam@necrobabes.com 
 
