Even Kimchi-Making Needs a Good Day: Korea’s “No-Ghost Days”
Korea calls the making of winter kimchi kimjang, usually done around the start of winter (ipdong), and many households pick one of two kinds of day: the “no-ghost day” and the “horse day.” The first refers to lunar dates ending in 9 or 10; the second takes the auspicious speed of the horse of the wu branch.