diff --git a/lib/__tests__/calendar-utils.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/calendar-utils.test.ts
index c34990532..87f245585 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/calendar-utils.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/calendar-utils.test.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,42 @@ describe('calendar-utils all-day handling', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('places events by wall-clock time on DST change days', () => {
+    const tz = process.env.TZ;
+    process.env.TZ = 'Europe/Berlin';
+    try {
+      // 2026-10-25 has 25 hours in Berlin; 12:51 CET is 13h51m after midnight.
+      const fallBack = makeEvent({
+        start: '2026-10-25T12:51:00',
+        duration: 'PT25M',
+        timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin',
+        showWithoutTime: false,
+        utcStart: '2026-10-25T11:51:00Z',
+        utcEnd: '2026-10-25T12:16:00Z',
+      });
+      expect(getTimedEventBoundsForDay(fallBack, new Date(2026, 9, 25))).toMatchObject({
+        startMinutes: 12 * 60 + 51,
+        endMinutes: 13 * 60 + 16,
+      });
+
+      // 2026-03-29 has 23 hours; 09:00 CEST is 8h after midnight.
+      const springForward = makeEvent({
+        start: '2026-03-29T09:00:00',
+        duration: 'PT1H',
+        timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin',
+        showWithoutTime: false,
+        utcStart: '2026-03-29T07:00:00Z',
+        utcEnd: '2026-03-29T08:00:00Z',
+      });
+      expect(getTimedEventBoundsForDay(springForward, new Date(2026, 2, 29))).toMatchObject({
+        startMinutes: 9 * 60,
+        endMinutes: 10 * 60,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      process.env.TZ = tz;
+    }
+  });
+
   it('lays out continued timed events using clipped bounds for the active day', () => {
     const event = makeEvent({
       start: '2026-03-14T22:00:00',
diff --git a/lib/calendar-utils.ts b/lib/calendar-utils.ts
index a6d41eb66..2299fb54c 100644
--- a/lib/calendar-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/calendar-utils.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ export function getEventDayBounds(event: CalendarEvent): { startDay: Date; endDa
   };
 }
 
+function wallClockMinutes(date: Date): number {
+  return date.getHours() * 60 + date.getMinutes() + date.getSeconds() / 60 + date.getMilliseconds() / 60000;
+}
+
 export function getTimedEventBoundsForDay(
   event: CalendarEvent,
   day: Date,
@@ -117,10 +121,13 @@ export function getTimedEventBoundsForDay(
     return null;
   }
 
-  const clippedStart = eventStart > dayStart ? eventStart : dayStart;
-  const clippedEnd = eventEnd < nextDayStart ? eventEnd : nextDayStart;
-  const startMinutes = Math.max(0, Math.floor((clippedStart.getTime() - dayStart.getTime()) / 60000));
-  const endMinutes = Math.min(1440, Math.ceil((clippedEnd.getTime() - dayStart.getTime()) / 60000));
+  // Wall-clock minutes, not elapsed time since midnight: on a DST change day
+  // the day has 23 or 25 hours, and elapsed time would shift every event
+  // after the change by an hour.
+  const startMinutes = eventStart > dayStart ? Math.floor(wallClockMinutes(eventStart)) : 0;
+  const endMinutes = eventEnd < nextDayStart
+    ? Math.max(startMinutes, Math.ceil(wallClockMinutes(eventEnd)))
+    : 1440;
 
   return {
     startMinutes,