| January | いちがつ | 睦月 (むつき) |
| February | にがつ | 如月 or 衣更着 (きさらぎ or きぬさらぎ) |
| March | さんがつ | 弥生 (やよい) |
| April | しがつ | 卯月 (うずき) |
| May | ごがつ | 皐月 or 早月 or 五月(さつき) |
| June | ろくがつ | 水無月 (みなつき or みなずき, no water month) |
| July | しがつ | 文月 (ふみずき, book month) |
| August | はちがつ | 葉月 (はずき, leaf month) |
| September | くがつ | 長月 (ながつき, long month) |
| October | じゅうがつ | 神無月 (かんなずき or かみなずき, no god month), 神有月 or 神在月; (かみありずき, god month) only in Izumo province, where all the gods are believed to gather in October for an annual meeting at the Izumo Shrine. |
| November | じゅういちがつ | 霜月 (しもつき, frost month) |
| December | じゅうにがつ | 師走 (しわす, teachers run; it is named so because even teachers are busy at the end of a year.) |