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6 Seasonal festivals

The following are known as the five seasonal festivals (sekku 節句)

• January 1 - Japanese New Year
• January 7 - 人日 ( Jinjutsu ), 七草の節句 ( Nanakusa-no-sekku)
• March 3 - 上巳 ( Joshi /Jomi), 桃の節句
• May 5 - 端午 (Tango/ Tango no Sekku), 端午の節句 - Children's Day (originally the boys' festival while Hinamatsuri was the girls' festival)
• July 7 - 七夕 (Shichiseki/ Tanabata)
• September 9 - 重陽 (Choyo), 菊の節句
• December 31 - Japanese New Year's Eve

7 Rokuyo

The rokuyo (六曜) are a series of six days that predict whether there will be good or bad fortune during that day. The rokuyo are still commonly found on Japanese calendars today, and are often used to plan weddings and funerals. The rokuyo are also known as the rokki (六輝). In order, they are:

• 先勝 (sensho) - Good luck before noon, bad luck after noon
• 友引 (tomobiki) - Bad things will happen to your friends. Funerals avoided on this day.
• 先負 (senbu) - Bad luck before noon, good luck after noon
• 仏滅 (butsumetsu) - Most unlucky day. Weddings best avoided.
• 大安 (taian) - Most lucky day. Good day for weddings.
• 赤口 (shakko) - The hour of the horse (11 am - 1 pm) is lucky. The rest is bad luck.

8 See also

• Calendar
• Japanese era name
• Chinese Calendar

9 External links

• Japanese calendar history by the National Diet Library
• The Lunar Calendar in Japan
• Koyomi no page in Japanese
• Koyomi no hanashi in Japanese

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