What is the Aztec day sign for November 16, 2026?

It is 3-Itzcuintli in the Meza count, the 260-day divinatory cycle. The sign is Itzcuintli and the numeral 3. It falls in the trecena of 1-Tochtli. The veintena is Tepeílhuitl. The year is 1-Tochtli.

Do all the counts agree on 3-Itzcuintli for November 16, 2026?

No. Meza gives 3-Itzcuintli; other correlations in circulation give 12-Técpatl, 13-Quiáhuitl, 3-Malinalli. There is no consensus on which one matches the Mexica calendar, so this site publishes all five with their sources rather than picking one and hiding the rest.

Which Lord of the Night rules November 16, 2026?

Tlazoltéotl. The Lords of the Night are nine and follow each other in cycle, so Tlazoltéotl returns every nine days.

What does it mean that 3-Itzcuintli falls in the trecena of 1-Tochtli?

A trecena is a run of thirteen days beginning with 1-Tochtli, and it lends its character to all thirteen. 3-Itzcuintli is one of them.

Which veintena does November 16, 2026 belong to?

Tepeílhuitl. The veintenas are the eighteen twenty-day stretches of the Mexica solar year, each with its own feasts, and this is the one containing this date.

Alma Mexica: Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, within the Mexica solar frame with the four eras.

Monday, November 16, 2026

3-Itzcuintli

According to the Meza count, the one the dance community follows. All five are below.

The day in the five counts

The Sun Stone in red and yellow: the face of Tonatiuh, the four eras, the twenty day-signs, the solar disc and the two Xiuhcoatl. — The **six rings of the Sun Stone**, each with the number of elements its entry declares: 52 sections in the Xiuhcóatl, 58 circles of night sky, 12 pictograms of the offering, 8 segments of jade and rays, the 20 day-signs and the 4 eras of the frame. Below, the day. The six, one by one.

The two hundred and sixty days of the count: twenty signs by thirteen numerals. In red, 3-Itzcuintli, in the Meza count. The trecena runs diagonally and wraps round, because thirteen and twenty do not divide: that is why it takes 260 days to repeat.

The year: eighteen veintenas of twenty days and the five nemontemi, drawn to scale. The five are not a short month: they are what is left of 365 after 360, and that is why they sit outside, hatched.

Cuenta	Tonal	Trecena	Veintena	Lord of the Night	Lord of the Day
Meza	3-Itzcuintli	1-Tochtli	Tepeílhuitl	Tlazoltéotl	Chalchiuhtlicue
Caso (académica) · GMT maya	12-Técpatl	1-Mázatl	Quecholli	Itztli	Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
González Cortés	13-Quiáhuitl	1-Mázatl	Quecholli	Piltzintecuhtli	Cihuacóatl-Ilamatecuhtli
Casa Moctezuma	3-Malinalli	1-Itzcuintli	Tepeílhuitl	Xiuhtecuhtli	Chalchiuhtlicue

Caso y la GMT maya van juntas porque tienen el desplazamiento en cero: dan el mismo tonal todos los días, sin excepción. Las otras se separan por un desplazamiento fijo, así que su diferencia es la misma hoy y cualquier otro día.Ninguna es «la correcta». Esta obra no arbitra entre una tradición viva y una reconstrucción académica: publica las cinco con su ancla citada y sus fechas de control.

See another date · the five counts, with their anchors · how they are checked

How to cite this page

Alma Mexica, «3-Itzcuintli», Alma Mexica. Revised 2026-09-17. https://almamexica.org/en/date/2026-11-16/