Tomobiki 友引
tomo-biki — "pulling friends"
Lucky except at noon
Good for
Best avoided
Lucky hours
All day except around 11am – 1pm
Lunar 8/1
a MonThis is the new moon — the cycle resets here.
The days around it
Tomobiki 友引
Read literally as "pulling a friend", it is favoured for weddings and gift-giving, where good fortune is shared. Funerals are avoided on Tomobiki for the same reason — the fear of pulling a friend along to the next world. Many Japanese crematoria still close on Tomobiki. Only the hours around midday are unlucky.