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Xiuhpohualli
The Xiuhpohualli was a calendar cycle constructed from a count of 365 days, used by the Aztecs and other Nahua peoples from the central Mexican region during the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. This calendar, also known as the "vague year" to scholars of Mesoamerican historical cultures since it approximated the progression of the solar year (xihuitl in Classical Nahuatl), had its antecedents in form and function in earlier Mesoamerican calendars, and the 365-day count has a long history of use throughout the region.
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