What are the original names of the months in Japanese?


Currently, ichigatsu, nigatsu, sangatsu.....however the original names of the
months were different than what is spoken today. I want to learn the original
names of the months.




From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar>:

>   1. 睦月 「むつき」
>   2. 如月 「きさらぎ」
>   3. 弥生 「やよい」
>   4. 卯月 「うづき」
>   5. 皐月 「さつき」
>   6. 水無月 「みなづき」
>   7. 文月 「ふみづき」 (or「ふづき」)
>   8. 葉月 「はづき」
>   9. 長月 「ながつき」
>   10. 神無月 「かんなづき」 (or「かみなづき」)
>   11. 霜月 「しもつき」
>   12. 師走 「しわす」 or 「しはす」
>

There are a couple variants to some of them that you can see on the Wikipedia
link. Also note that

> The old Japanese calendar was an adjusted lunar calendar based on the
> Chinese calendar, and the year—and with it the months—started anywhere from
> about 3 to 7 weeks later than the modern year, so in historical contexts it
> is not entirely accurate to equate the first month with January.

So you can't really just use these names willy-nilly to replace the current
month convention.




From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar>:

>   1. 睦月 「むつき」
>   2. 如月 「きさらぎ」
>   3. 弥生 「やよい」
>   4. 卯月 「うづき」
>   5. 皐月 「さつき」
>   6. 水無月 「みなづき」
>   7. 文月 「ふみづき」 (or「ふづき」)
>   8. 葉月 「はづき」
>   9. 長月 「ながつき」
>   10. 神無月 「かんなづき」 (or「かみなづき」)
>   11. 霜月 「しもつき」
>   12. 師走 「しわす」 or 「しはす」
>

There are a couple variants to some of them that you can see on the Wikipedia
link. Also note that

> The old Japanese calendar was an adjusted lunar calendar based on the
> Chinese calendar, and the year—and with it the months—started anywhere from
> about 3 to 7 weeks later than the modern year, so in historical contexts it
> is not entirely accurate to equate the first month with January.

So you can't really just use these names willy-nilly to replace the current
month convention.

