Shimotsuki

Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki
Calendar	Japanese Lunisolar Calendar
Month number	11
Number of days	29 or 30
	← Kannazuki Shiwasu →

Shimotsuki (Japanese: 霜月; "month of frost") also known as Jūichigatsu (11月, lit: 11th month) is the 11th month of the Japanese Lunisolar Calendar.

There is a festival in Toyama dedicated to the holiday called Shimotsuki Matsuri.

It is also called Chuutou (仲冬; lit.midwinter).

Dates of Shimotsuki

Dates of Shimotsuki
Year	Start	End	Number of Days
2008	November 28	December 26	29 days
2009	December 16	January 14, 2010	30 days
2010	December 6	January 3, 2011	29 days
2011	November 25	December 24	30 days
2012	December 13	January 11, 2013	30 days
2013	December 3	December 31	29 days
2014	December 22	January 19, 2015	29 days
2015	December 11	January 9, 2016	30 days
2016	November 29	December 28	30 days
2017	December 18	January 16, 2018	30 days
2018	December 7	January 5, 2019	30 days
2019	November 27	December 25	29 days
2020	December 15	January 12, 2021	29 days
2021	December 4	January 2, 2022	30 days
2022	November 24	December 22	29 days
2023	December 13	January 10, 2024	29 days
2024	December 1	December 30	30 days
2025	December 20	January 18, 2026	30 days
2026	December 9	January 7, 2027	30 days
2027	November 28	December 27	30 days
2028	December 16	January 14, 2029	30 days
2029	December 5	January 3, 2030	30 days
2030	November 25	December 24	30 days
2031	December 14	January 12, 2032	30 days

Related pages

Japanese Lunisolar Calendar

References

↑ "The Old Japanese Name for November – Puni Puni Dictionary". punipunidictionary.com. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
↑ Greve, Gabi (2006-02-16). "November (juuichigatsu)". WKD (01) ... World Kigo Database . . . (WKD). Retrieved 2025-12-11.
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↑ "See Priests Run: Decoding the Names for the Months in the Old Japanese Calendar". Urchin's Home. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
↑ "Japanese Calendar year -Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi..." IKKI - Japanese Sake Media (in Japanese). 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[1] "The Old Japanese Name for November – Puni Puni Dictionary". punipunidictionary.com. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[2] Greve, Gabi (2006-02-16). "November (juuichigatsu)". WKD (01) ... World Kigo Database . . . (WKD). Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[3] Vicky (2025-11-07). "霜月 (shimotsuki) "November" (archaic) (literally "the month of frost")". Calligraphy by Vicky. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[4] "霜月, しもつき, そうげつ, shimotsuki, sōgetsu". Nihongo Master. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[5] "Tanoshii Japanese". Tanoshii Japanese. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

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[9] "See Priests Run: Decoding the Names for the Months in the Old Japanese Calendar". Urchin's Home. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

[10] "Japanese Calendar year -Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi..." IKKI - Japanese Sake Media (in Japanese). 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

Shimotsuki
1 [ja]	2 [ja]	3 [ja]	4 [ja]	5 [ja]	6 [ja]
7 [ja]	8 [ja]	9 [ja]	10 [ja]	11 [ja]	12 [ja]
13 [ja]	14 [ja]	15 [ja]	16 [ja]	17 [ja]	18 [ja]
19 [ja]	20 [ja]	21 [ja]	22 [ja]	23 [ja]	24 [ja]
25 [ja]	26 [ja]	27 [ja]	28 [ja]	29 [ja]	30 [ja]
Taian	Shakkō	Senshū	Tomobiki	Senbu	Butsumetsu
← Kannazuki • Shiwasu →

v t e Japanese Lunisolar Calendar
Today: Reiwa 8 Nagatsuki 3 [refresh] (Hanlu, 10 days until Shuangjiang) Yang Metal Monkey (庚申)・Wings (翼宿)・Tuesday
Mutsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Kisaragi	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Yayoi	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Uzuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Satsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Minazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Fumizuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Hazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Nagatsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Kannazuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Shimotsuki	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]
Shiwasu	1 [ja] 2 [ja] 3 [ja] 4 [ja] 5 [ja] 6 [ja] 7 [ja] 8 [ja] 9 [ja] 10 [ja] 11 [ja] 12 [ja] 13 [ja] 14 [ja] 15 [ja] 16 [ja] 17 [ja] 18 [ja] 19 [ja] 20 [ja] 21 [ja] 22 [ja] 23 [ja] 24 [ja] 25 [ja] 26 [ja] 27 [ja] 28 [ja] 29 [ja] 30 [ja]