The document discusses several ancient calendars including the Egyptian calendar which had 360 days divided into 12 months of 30 days plus 5 extra days. It also mentions the Jewish, Persian, Julian and Maya calendars. The Maya calendar consisted of three simultaneous timekeeping systems - a 260 day tzolkin, a 365 day haab calendar and a long count calendar. The haab calendar had 18 months of 20 days each plus a 5 day period at the end of the year.