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February 2027 — 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, 2027 Monday

Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) · Lunar date 12/25 · Kanoto–Boar 辛亥

What kind of day is it?

Shakkō: Traditionally cautious, with midday considered more favorable.

Meet something new. Traditionally favorable for future aspirations such as entering school or beginning a business.

An invitation for today, written by this site: Read one page of a book you have been curious about, or touch another new subject.

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, 2027.

Calendar annotations · 5

Other daily cycles

Twelve officers: Open — Traditionally favorable for future aspirations such as entering school or beginning a business.

Twenty-eight mansions: 張 — Traditionally favors beginning employment and weddings.

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

Nine-star cycle: Three Jade Wood · ascending cycle. Not a personal birth-year reading.

Moon

Approximate moon age at noon JST: 24.3 days.

● Next New moon:

○ Next Full moon:

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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

  • Marishiten

    Boar day (every 12 days)

    A stem-and-branch observance in Tobifudō Shōbōin’s calendar table.

    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 · 2
Daily guardians · 2

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Original source titles are retained in Japanese.