eRokuyo 2.7.3

eRokuyo offers a traditional Japanese calendar that provides comprehensive cultural and temporal insights. The application supports data up to the year 2030. Once purchased digitally via ePrint, users can conveniently print the calendar for personal use.

Key features include guidance on auspicious days for significant life events such as marriage or engagement by identifying taian or butsumetsu days. It also indicates favorable dates for acquiring a new vehicle or property, moving, and other social activities. The calendar highlights important dates like national holidays, consecutive holidays, upcoming full moons, specific traditional days such as dog days, and lunar-related events like Tensha-nichi for starting new jobs or seed-related days like Ichiryumambaibi or Sanpuku.

Additionally, it offers insights into environmental conditions such as sea conditions for fishing, traditional activities related to forestry like Daitsuchi or Shotsuchi, and other seasonal phenomena. The calendar serves as a valuable tool for planning significant occasions and understanding traditional auspicious timings.

The display includes detailed information such as:

• Year, month, and day
• Day of the week
• National holidays
• Old Japanese calendar date
• Rokuyo (auspicious and inauspicious days)
• Kyusei (specific auspicious timing designations)
• 12 earthly branches (zodiac animals)
• 10 heavenly stems (cyclic designations)
• Solar terms marking seasonal transitions
• Major seasonal festivals (e.g., Nanakusa, Hinamatsuri, Tanabata)
• Additional seasonal and cultural events (e.g., Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, Higan)
• Special day characters linked to traditional beliefs
• The moon’s phase and age
• Ebb and flow indicators of tidal movements
• Sunrise and sunset times specific to Tokyo

The application offers a range of functions including monthly calendar display with customizable background colors, detailed daily insights, navigation to specific dates or current day, toggling visibility of zodiac signs and old calendar data, setting daily stamps from a selection of icons, and exporting calendar images. These tools enhance user engagement with traditional temporal rhythms and culturally significant dates.

Operationally, users can tap on calendar elements for quick adjustments or additional details through an intuitive interface featuring a picker for year and month selection, easy access to daily information toggling, and options to save images directly to their photo albums.

This software is developed by e-Workshop with the aim of preserving cultural heritage through a comprehensive digital tool designed for those interested in Japan’s traditional calendrical system.