Chintaku Reifu — Exact Monthly Sacred-Descent Calendar
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 23_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VIII_v3_1.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Chintaku Reifu — Exact Monthly Sacred-Descent Calendar
Section titled “Layer 1: Chintaku Reifu — Exact Monthly Sacred-Descent Calendar”Source file:
23_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VIII_v3_1.md
Primary source: Taishang Mifa Zhenzhai Lingfu 太上秘法鎮宅靈符
Source state: FULL PRIMARY TEXT VERIFIED
The text explicitly gives the following monthly sacred-descent days:
| Lunar month | Sacred day |
|---|---|
| 1st month | 7th day |
| 2nd month | 8th day |
| 3rd month | 3rd day; the source also mentions a sacred birthday on the 9th |
| 4th month | 4th day |
| 5th month | 5th day |
| 6th month | 7th day |
| 7th month | 7th day |
| 8th month | 13th day |
| 9th month | 9th day |
| 10th month | 21st day |
| 11th month | 7th day |
| 12th month | 27th day |
Ritual significance
Section titled “Ritual significance”These are not merely feast days. The later Japanese Chintaku Reifu tradition treats sacred-descent days as especially important for:
- worship;
- preparation/activation of talismans;
- offerings;
- petitionary work.
Historical caution
Section titled “Historical caution”The source is in the Daozang transmission; modern Japanese timing details such as exact hours and local offerings belong to later oral/temple transmission unless separately documented.