A guide to 47 calendar annotations

Two specified zodiac branches are assigned in each solar-term month.

Tsuchinoe-tora in spring, kinoe-uma in summer, tsuchinoe-saru in autumn, and kinoe-ne in winter. Seasons change at the solar terms Beginning of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

Thirty-three of the sixty stem-and-branch combinations are assigned.

Twenty-five of the sixty stem-and-branch combinations are assigned.

Kinoe-ne through tsuchinoe-tatsu; tsuchinoto-u through mizunoto-hitsuji; and tsuchinoto-tori through mizunoto-ushi.

Determined by combining the solar-term month and the day’s zodiac branch.

Determined by combining the solar-term month and the day’s heavenly stem.

The day’s twenty-eight-mansion assignment is Ghost. This is calculated separately from the twenty-seven-mansion system.

The twelve days from mizunoe-ne through mizunoto-i, excluding mizunoto-ushi, hinoe-tatsu, tsuchinoe-uma, and mizunoe-inu.

Mizunoto-ushi, hinoe-tatsu, tsuchinoe-uma, and mizunoe-inu; distinguished from the eight restricted days.

Kinoe-saru through mizunoto-mi, with hinoe-inu and tsuchinoto-ushi shown separately as exception days.

Hinoe-inu and tsuchinoto-ushi.

The sixteen days from mizunoto-mi through tsuchinoe-saru.

The seven days from kanoe-uma through hinoe-ne.

Hinoto-ushi.

The seven days from tsuchinoe-tora through kinoe-saru.

Every eighth day from a starting point assigned to each lunar month, not solar-term month.

Boar days in solar-term months 1, 4, 7, and 10; Tiger days in months 2, 5, 8, and 11; Horse days in months 3, 6, 9, and 12.

The third kanoe day counted from the day after the summer solstice.

The fourth kanoe day counted from the day after the summer solstice.

The first kanoe day counted from the day after the Beginning of Autumn.

This site uses the second Dragon day counted from the day after Minor Cold.

Determined by solar-term month and zodiac branch. Other concurrent annotations are retained rather than suppressed.

Rooster, Snake, or Ox days are assigned according to the solar-term month.

Tsuchinoe-tatsu, hinoe-inu, mizunoe-tatsu, kinoto-ushi, and kanoto-hitsuji. No individual fortune is assessed from a person’s birth year.

Ox, Tiger, or Rat days are assigned according to the solar-term month.

Determined by the solar-term month and the day’s zodiac branch.

This site uses all Snake and Boar days.

Determined by solar-term month and heavenly stem.

Rat, Rabbit, Horse, or Rooster days are assigned according to the solar-term month.

The zodiac branch three positions after the solar-term month’s branch.

Determined by solar-term month and zodiac branch. No birth-year assessment is performed.

The same assignment as Tenkanichi. No birth-year assessment is performed.

Determined by solar-term month and zodiac branch. No birth-year assessment is performed.

Assigned by a specified day count for each month, counting the solar-term month’s first day as day one.

Specified stem-and-branch days for each lunar month, using Royal Fortune’s table for the Jōkyō calendar onward and excluding parenthesized days.

This method assigns it only in solar-term months 5–10. Traditional two-hour period names are accompanied by approximate modern clock times.

Years change at the Beginning of Spring, with stem-and-branch days assigned according to that year’s zodiac branch.

Days whose stem-and-branch designation is kinoe-ne (甲子).

Days whose stem-and-branch designation is kanoe-saru (庚申).

Days whose stem-and-branch designation is tsuchinoto-mi (己巳).

Every twelve days. Observance traditions differ among shrines and temples.

Every twelve days. Observance traditions differ among shrines and temples.

From the published start of Doyō through the day before the next Beginning of Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter.

Snake, Horse, and Rooster days in spring; Rabbit, Dragon, and Monkey in summer; Goat, Rooster, and Boar in autumn; Tiger, Rabbit, and Snake in winter.

Both within Doyō and assigned the Ox zodiac branch.

Seven days from the published beginning of Higan.