TAIRA no Naokata and NAKAHARA no Narimichi selected a "Kitsujitsu" (lucky day) and they left Kyoto with their 200 soldiers at 10 p.m. on August 5, about 40 days after their appointment.
平直方と中原成道は吉日を選び任命から40余日も後の8月5日亥の刻（午後10時）に兵200を率いて京を出立した。