Doomsday 2012

2012 has become a fad now. Everyone wants to make money out of it. From the websites, television programs to the recently released movie - all target the same message: stop planning for future and start living for today! So what is really going to happen on December 21st, 2012?

Well the Mayan (Long Count) calendar ends at that date. So what? Lets reset it! Well that's what we do for Georgian calendar. After Dec 31st, we go back to Jan 1st. But if u ponder a bit more, the long count calendar takes the format 0.0.0.0.0 more precisely,

Baktun.Katun.Tun.Uinal.Kin

where,
Kin, Tun and Katun ranges from 0 to 19
Uinal ranges from 0 to 17
Baktun ranges from 0 to 12

so if :
0.0.0.0.1 - 1 Kin = 1 day
0.0.0.1.0 - 1 Uinal = 20 Kins = 20 days
0.0.1.0.0 - 1 Tun = 18 Uinals = 360 days (20*18)
0.1.0.0.0 - 1 Katun = 20 Tuns = 7200 days (20*18*20)
1.0.0.0.0 - 1 Baktun = 20 Katuns = 144000 days (20*18*20*20) --- I should definitely thank all my Math teachers at this time!

As per modern day calculations, the Mayan calendar date 0.0.0.0.0 is considered as August 11, 3114 BC (Gregorian). So 12.19.19.17.19 will occur on December 20, 2012, followed by the start of the fourteenth Baktun, 13.0.0.0.0, on December 21, 2012. But according to the Mayan Long Count Calendar, the Baktun ranges only from 0 to 12, so 13.0.0.0.0 will be the end of the old OR beginning of the new OR whatever! Time and time again, its good to realize that ignorance is bliss!

Apart from the Mayan calendar, there are quite a number of predictions about the doomsday:
1) Galactic alignment and Black hole alignment
2) Mysterious Planet X (Nibiru) entering our solar system (we have a visitor!)
3) Geomagnetic reversal (I especially like this, because when this happens, our compass would point to Antarctica!)
4) Polar shift (This is equally amazing, since Earth would start rotating on the opposite side)

Having said all this, are we really reaching the end of the world? How do I know? Lets witness it ourselves. Be optimistic and I do believe nothing catastrophic is going to happen in 2012. There is even a Facebook page 'Shut up, The World Won't End in 2012' with more than 2 million fans. Again, what is the fun in knowing the future?