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jmdict 2851341 Active (id: 2168026)
<entry id="2168026" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2851341</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>庚申月</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こうしんづき</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1875180">庚申・1</xref>
<misc>&hist;</misc>
<gloss>Metal Monkey month</gloss>
<gloss g_type="expl">lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-11-01 11:25:35" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>hist?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj nikk
saw it in koj's 
こうしん‐かぜ【庚申風】entry:
庚申月によくひくという風邪。

ngrams
庚申月	37

nikk mentions this interesting detail also
...この月に生まれた子どもには金偏の文字の名を付けるとよいなどの俗説がある。</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-12-07 05:32:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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