In such case, if people stayed overnight at another place on the first day of spring in the construction year and would come home the next day, they were exempted from further practice of Katatagae for a while.
その場合には、その年の立春にいったん方違えになる方角に移動して一晩明かし、翌日自宅に戻れば当分は方違えしなくても良いとされた。