December 2027 — Japanese calendar

December 1, 2027 Wednesday

Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) · Lunar date 11/4 · Kinoe–Tiger 甲寅

What kind of day is it?

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

An ordinary day, gently lived. Traditionally even in good and ill fortune and particularly favorable for consultation.

An invitation for today, written by this site: Instead of rushing to an answer, make time to listen patiently to someone close to you.

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: Minor Snow, since November 22, 2027.

Calendar annotations · 5

• Getsutokunichi — virtue of the month

  Representing the month’s virtue, traditionally favored for arranging or improving one’s home.

• Hassen — the eight restricted days

  Days when the stem and branch share an element and were thought to incline matters to one side. Eight days within a twelve-day period remain after four exceptions. Originally associated with avoiding warfare, later also acupuncture, moxibustion, and raising pillars.

  11/29–12/10, day 3 of 12

• Jikanichi — earthly fire

  Traditionally associated with avoiding foundations, raising pillars, digging wells, sowing, and funerals.

• Taikanichi — great calamity

  One of three traditionally unfavorable designations, with Rōjakunichi and Metsumonnichi. Old almanacs considered it unfavorable for all activities; originally it varied by birth year.

• Tiger day

  A Tiger zodiac day, introduced in some traditions as Bishamonten’s observance day.

Moon

Approximate moon age at noon JST: 3 days.

● Next New moon: December 28, 2027 05:12 JST

○ Next Full moon: December 14, 2027 01:09 JST

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

  • 飛不動尊 正宝院 — 縁日・三十日秘仏 Checked 2026-10-16

  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

  • 飛不動尊 正宝院 — 縁日・三十日秘仏 Checked 2026-10-16

  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

  • 周防国分寺 — 1日、16日は聖天尊の縁日です Checked 2026-10-17

  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

  • 高野山真言宗 別格本山 倶利迦羅不動寺 — ご祈祷・ご供養 Checked 2026-10-23

  Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

• Tamonten / Bishamonten

  Tiger day (every 12 days)

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

  Tiger hour, associated with the Shigisan founding tradition
  December 1, 2027 03:00 → December 1, 2027 05:00 JST
  

  This is a modern fixed-hour approximation of a traditional time, not a temple service or opening time. You may pray at a convenient time at home.

  Sources and checked dates · 3

  • 飛不動尊 正宝院 — 縁日・三十日秘仏 Checked 2026-10-16
  • 遠州信貴山 — 当山について・信貴山と福寅 Checked 2026-10-16
  • 国立天文台 暦計算室 — 暦Wiki：時刻・定時法と不定時法 Checked 2026-10-16

  Original source titles are retained in Japanese.

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