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February 2026 — Japanese calendar

Explore Japanese calendar traditions, observance days and shrine events. Dates and traditional hours are shown in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Supported dates: 1 January 2026–31 December 2027. Calendar beliefs differ across regions and traditions. This is not a prediction, a guarantee, or a complete schedule for every shrine and temple. Check the institution’s current announcement before attending.

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February 1, 2026 Sunday

Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) · Lunar date 12/14 · Hinoe–Horse 丙午

What kind of day is it?

Senshō: Traditionally favors the morning over the afternoon.

Care for what is already here. Traditionally favorable for obtaining things, such as harvesting crops and purchasing goods.

An invitation for today, written by this site: Tend a tool you want to keep using, or reflect on something you have continued.

These are historical calendar traditions, not predictions or measures of a person’s luck. They do not determine medical decisions, a funeral’s permissibility, or the outcome of an event.

Current solar term: Major Cold, since January 20, 2026.

Calendar annotations · 8

  • Kamiyoshinichi — a day for kami worship

    Traditionally associated with visiting shrines and honoring deities and ancestors.

  • Daimyōnichi — great brightness

    Meaning a brightly illuminated day, traditionally considered favorable for various celebrations.

  • Bosōnichi — maternal care

    An auspicious day when heaven was believed to cherish people.

  • Ten’ichi Tenjō

    A period when the deity Ten’ichi was believed to be in heaven, lifting directional restrictions.

    1/19–2/3, day 14 of 16

  • Fujōjubi — non-accomplishment day

    Its name suggests that nothing comes to fulfillment; beginnings were traditionally avoided. The name does not predict actual success or failure.

  • Sanrinbō

    An almanac designation associated with avoiding house construction. Some accounts say older calendars wrote it as ‘three-wheel treasure’ and considered it favorable for building.

  • Saigejiki — annual food restriction

    A light food-related taboo based on a belief that a star spirit descended to eat. It was said to be disregarded when coinciding with an auspicious day.

  • Doyō — seasonal transition

    Transition periods in spring, summer, autumn, and winter. An earth-governing deity was believed to preside, and customs discouraged digging and other earthwork.

    Winter doyō: 1/17–2/3

Other daily cycles

Twelve officers: Hold — Traditionally favorable for obtaining things, such as harvesting crops and purchasing goods.

Twenty-eight mansions: 星 — Traditionally favors horseback riding and discourages weddings and mourning rites.

Twenty-seven mansions: 柳. This is a separate cycle; the twenty-eight-mansion interpretation above is not applied to it.

Nine-star cycle: Seven Red Metal · ascending cycle. Not a personal birth-year reading.

Moon

Approximate moon age at noon JST: 13.3 days.

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Observance days · 5

  • Jōkōbutsu

    Day 1 of each civil month — Thirty-day Buddha assignment

    At home, pray at a time that suits you. No common required hour is confirmed in the cited material.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

  • Myōken Bosatsu

    Day 1 of each civil month

    A monthly observance in the calendar table published by Tobifudō Shōbōin.

    At home, pray at a time that suits you. No common required hour is confirmed in the cited material.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

  • Shōten-sama

    Day 1 of each civil month

    An observance described by Suō Kokubunji.

    At home, pray at a time that suits you. No common required hour is confirmed in the cited material.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

  • Kurikara Fudō

    Day 1 of each civil month

    Kurikara Fudōji: the principal Kurikara Fudō Myōō’s observance on the first of every month.

    At home, pray at a time that suits you. No common required hour is confirmed in the cited material.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

  • Uka no Mitama no Ōkami

    Horse day (every 12 days)

    Inari Myōjin’s Horse-day observance in Tobifudō Shōbōin’s table. The linked introduction concerns Ukanomitama.

    At home, pray at a time that suits you. No common required hour is confirmed in the cited material.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

Lunar-date references · 1
Daily guardians · 2

Shrine events

All observances and their traditions · Back to the month

Sources and checked dates · 109

Original source titles are retained in Japanese.