神かみ在あり月づき

noun

tenth month of the lunar calendar (Izumo)

Archaic term used in Izumo Province for the tenth lunar month, when the gods were believed to gather there. Contrasts with 神無月 (the same month elsewhere, when gods were absent).

See also: 神無月

• 出雲いずも地ち方ほうでは旧きゅう暦れき十じゅう月がつを神かみ在あり月づきと呼よんだ。

  In the Izumo region, the tenth month of the old lunar calendar was called Kamiarizuki.