Length of month in old lunar calendar

Old calendar

right column  Name of  lunar year mizu-noto-hitsuji (cycle 20) 12th month. Name of new lunar year  kinoe-saru (cycle 21) 1th month  then month 2-3.

center column month 4-6. Intercalendary month after 5 (start June 23)  So there is two 5th month.

left column month 7-11 month

Long (30 days) and short month (29 days) are marked with "large" and "small".

 

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