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September 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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● New moon · ○ Full moon. Moon-phase instants are shown in JST; your local time appears alongside them when available.

September 1, 2027 Wednesday

Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) · Lunar date 8/1 · Mizunoto–Goat 癸未

What kind of day is it?

Tomobiki: Traditionally favored for celebrations. Avoiding funerals is a custom, not a universal Buddhist prohibition.

A quiet moment of reflection. Traditionally regarded as unfavorable for general activities, including opening a business.

An invitation for today, written by this site: Reflect on what you are doing and also value time to rest.

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.

Two-hundred-and-tenth Day · JST

Current solar term: End of Heat, since August 23, 2027.

Calendar annotations · 4

Other daily cycles

Twelve officers: Close — Traditionally regarded as unfavorable for general activities, including opening a business.

Twenty-eight mansions: 壁 — Traditionally favors weddings and discourages naming a child.

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

Nine-star cycle: Two Black Earth · descending cycle. Not a personal birth-year reading.

Moon

● New moon:

Approximate moon age at noon JST: 0.4 days.

● Next New moon:

○ Next Full moon:

Observance days · 4

Lunar-date references · 2
  • Jōkōbutsu

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

    Lunar-date reference only; this is not confirmation of an institution’s festival schedule.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

  • Myōken Bosatsu

    Day 1 of each lunar month

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

    Lunar-date reference only; this is not confirmation of an institution’s festival schedule.

    Sources and checked dates · 1

    Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

Daily guardians · 2

All observances and their traditions · Back to the month

Sources and checked dates · 109

Original source titles are retained in Japanese.