Note 7 — Old Stories
Reading edition
Lucky and unlucky days were named and symbolized as follows, according to the old Japanese astrological system:—

Senkatsu:—forenoon good; afternoon bad.

Tomobiki:—forenoon good; afternoon good at the beginning and the end, but bad in the middle.

Senpu;—forenoon bad; afternoon good.

Butsumetsu:—wholly unlucky.

Taian;—altogether good.

Shakō:—all unlucky, except at noon.