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Chinese almanac / 2026

Tong shu 2026-11-28

Lunar dates, solar terms and traditional favorable and avoid entries, with mineral-pigment landscapes for the season.

Calendar day follows Beijing time (UTC+8)

Light snow dusting rocks, reeds and blue-grey hills.
Minor Snow · Mineral pigments

2026-11-28

Saturday, 28 November 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 10, day 20 · day pillar 丙午

Zodiac by Lunar New Year: Horse

Minor Snow day 6 (since 11/22; next: Major Snow 12/7)

The moon beside your dream ↓

Lunar date & day pillar

Saturday, 28 November 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 10, day 20 · day pillar 丙午

Five phases · palette

Day stem 丙 is Fire — take red: vermilion, scarlet (five-phases color canon; modern color names are editorial transcriptions)

What to wear

one vermilion accent: a brooch or a pair of socks

Favorable & avoid

Favorable: worship rites, sweep the house, take up no other matters|Avoid: weddings, move into a home, construction and renovation

Zodiac & clash

Zodiac: Horse (same by Lunar New Year and by Li Chun)|Day clash: Rat (庚子) · sha toward north

Season & everyday life

Minor Snow day 6 (since 11/22; next: Major Snow 12/7)|Minor Snow — first snows approach in the north; keep an eye on the forecast|Fire pairs with bitter — a small dish of bitter melon, or a few lotus plumules steeped in water (Hong Fan five flavors; ingredients are editorial examples)

Wealth & joy directions

Wealth: southwest · Joy: southwest

The moon beside your dream

Notice the moon as you note your dream. This is a sky observation, not a prediction about your sleep.

Waning gibbous · 2026-11-28 · UTC

s2-western-20261006.2 · draft

Almanac entries from lunar-javascript 1.7.7 are excerpted / translated in original order, with up to three entries by default. English omits funeral-type entries; Chinese retains them. Complete source lists remain in the provider. Calendar timezone fixed at Asia/Shanghai (UTC+8). For everyday inspiration only — no outcome is guaranteed and no death is predicted.

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