下か元げん

noun

15th day of the 10th lunar month

A traditional date in the old lunar calendar, associated with the last of the three annual purification days (三元). Rare in modern usage outside historical or cultural contexts.

• 旧きゅう暦れき十じゅう月がつ十じゅう五ご日にちは下か元げんと呼よばれ、水すい官かん大たい帝ていを祀まつる日ひとされていた。

  The 15th day of the 10th lunar month was called Kagen, a day for worshipping the Water Official Deity.