In  different  languages, the 20  day-signs  have  different meanings  and different spellings. This doesn't mean that a  different placement is being followed, because the cognates of  each daysign  are  known. The Yucatec spellings  are  most  frequently sighted, and here are their cognates in Quiché:

YUCATECQUICHÉENGLISH
ImixImoxLefthanded
IkIq'Wind
AkbalAq'ab'alForedawn
KanK'atNet
chicchanKanSnake
CimiKameDeath
ManikKejDeer
LamatQ'anilYellowripe
MulucTojThunderpain
OcTz'i'Dog
ChuenBatzMonkey
EbEeToothroad
BenAjCaneplant
IxIxJaguarthroat
Mentz'ikinBirdsilver
CibAjmakSinner
CabanN'ojKnowhow
EznabTijaxKnifedge
CauacKawuqRainready
AhauJunajpuMarksman

Differences  are  further  complicated by the  use  of  differing orthographies.  The english translations above are  according  to translator  and ethnographer Dennis Tedlock (Days From a Dream Almanac), and correspond  most closely with the Quiché meanings. Here is the calendar chart  for November of 1996:

1 Nov12 Cimi
2 Nov13 Manik
3 Nov1 Lamat
4 Nov2 Muluc
5 Nov3 Oc
6 Nov4 Chuen
7 Nov5 Eb
8 Nov6 Ben
9 Nov7 Ix
10 Nov8 Men
11 Nov9 Cib
12 Nov10 Caban
13 Nov11 Eznab
14 Nov12 Cauac
15 Nov13 Ahau
16 Nov1 Imix
17 Nov2 Ik
18 Nov3 Akbal
19 Nov4 Kan
20 Nov5 Chicchan
21 Nov6 Cimi
22 Nov7 Manik
23 Nov8 Lamat
24 Nov9 Muluc
25 Nov10 Oc
26 Nov11 Chuen
27 Nov12 Eb
28 Nov13 Ben
29 Nov1 Ix
30 Nov2 Men
1 Dec3 Cib

Day  to  day calendar charts up through A.D. 2012  are  found  in Chapter 4 of my book
Tzolkin: Visionary Perspectives and Calendar Studies (1992 & 1994).

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