diff --git a/modules/rcal/components/folk-calendar-view.ts b/modules/rcal/components/folk-calendar-view.ts
index 106d66c..f007d39 100644
--- a/modules/rcal/components/folk-calendar-view.ts
+++ b/modules/rcal/components/folk-calendar-view.ts
@@ -1201,7 +1201,8 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 			html += this.renderDayDetail(this.expandedDay, dayEvents);
 		}
 
-		// Multi-day event span bars
+		// Multi-day event span bars (position:absolute so they don't
+		// displace auto-placed day cells in the CSS grid)
 		html += this.renderMultiDaySpans(year, month, firstDay, daysInMonth);
 
 		return html;
@@ -1224,6 +1225,24 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 		const totalRows = totalCells / 7;
 		let html = "";
 
+		// If a day detail is expanded, figure out which grid row it inserted
+		// so we can offset span bars below it by +1
+		let detailAfterGridRow = -1;
+		if (this.expandedDay) {
+			const ed = new Date(this.expandedDay + "T00:00:00");
+			if (ed.getFullYear() === year && ed.getMonth() === month) {
+				const cellIdx = firstDay + ed.getDate() - 1;
+				const posInRow = cellIdx % 7;
+				// Detail is emitted when posInRow===6 or last day of month
+				if (posInRow === 6 || ed.getDate() === daysInMonth) {
+					detailAfterGridRow = Math.floor(cellIdx / 7) + 1;
+				} else {
+					// Detail is emitted after all days via the outer render
+					detailAfterGridRow = totalRows + 1;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Helper: date string → cell index (clamped to grid)
 		const dateToCellIdx = (ds: string): number => {
 			const d = new Date(ds);
@@ -1260,7 +1279,10 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 				if (!placed) overflow++;
 			}
 
-			const gridRow = row + 1;
+			// Offset grid row if a detail panel was inserted above this row
+			let gridRow = row + 1;
+			if (detailAfterGridRow > 0 && gridRow > detailAfterGridRow) gridRow++;
+
 			for (let l = 0; l < lanes.length; l++) {
 				for (const re of lanes[l]) {
 					const color = re.ev.source_color || "#6366f1";
@@ -1270,11 +1292,11 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 					const contR = realEnd > rowEnd;
 					const rL = contL ? "0" : "4px";
 					const rR = contR ? "0" : "4px";
-					html += `<div class="ev-span" style="grid-row:${gridRow};grid-column:${re.c0 + 1}/${re.c1 + 2};margin-top:${22 + l * 18}px;background:${color}25;border-left:2px solid ${color};border-radius:${rL} ${rR} ${rR} ${rL}" data-event-id="${re.ev.id}" title="${this.esc(re.ev.title)}"><span class="ev-span-text" style="color:${color}">${this.esc(re.ev.title)}</span></div>`;
+					html += `<div class="ev-span" style="grid-row:${gridRow};grid-column:${re.c0 + 1}/${re.c1 + 2};left:0;right:0;margin-top:${22 + l * 18}px;background:${color}25;border-left:2px solid ${color};border-radius:${rL} ${rR} ${rR} ${rL}" data-event-id="${re.ev.id}" title="${this.esc(re.ev.title)}"><span class="ev-span-text" style="color:${color}">${this.esc(re.ev.title)}</span></div>`;
 				}
 			}
 			if (overflow > 0) {
-				html += `<div class="ev-span-more" style="grid-row:${gridRow};grid-column:1;margin-top:${22 + MAX_LANES * 18}px">+${overflow} more</div>`;
+				html += `<div class="ev-span-more" style="grid-row:${gridRow};grid-column:1;left:0;margin-top:${22 + MAX_LANES * 18}px">+${overflow} more</div>`;
 			}
 		}
 		return html;
@@ -2749,7 +2771,7 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 			/* ── Month Grid ── */
 			.weekdays { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr); gap: 2px; margin-bottom: 4px; }
 			.wd { text-align: center; font-size: 11px; color: var(--rs-text-muted); padding: 4px; font-weight: 600; }
-			.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr); gap: 2px; }
+			.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr); gap: 2px; position: relative; }
 			.day { background: var(--rs-bg-surface); border: 1px solid var(--rs-border); border-radius: 6px; min-height: 80px; padding: 6px; cursor: pointer; position: relative; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
 			.day:hover { border-color: var(--rs-border-strong); }
 			.day.today { border-color: var(--rs-primary-hover); background: var(--rs-bg-active); }
@@ -2770,10 +2792,10 @@ class FolkCalendarView extends HTMLElement {
 			.dot--tentative { border: 1px dashed; background: transparent !important; width: 6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block; margin: 1px; }
 
 			/* ── Multi-day Span Bars ── */
-			.ev-span { height: 16px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 4px; cursor: pointer; z-index: 2; align-self: start; pointer-events: auto; }
+			.ev-span { position: absolute; height: 16px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 4px; cursor: pointer; z-index: 2; pointer-events: auto; }
 			.ev-span:hover { filter: brightness(1.15); }
 			.ev-span-text { font-weight: 500; }
-			.ev-span-more { height: 14px; font-size: 9px; line-height: 14px; color: var(--rs-text-muted); z-index: 2; align-self: start; pointer-events: none; padding: 0 4px; }
+			.ev-span-more { position: absolute; height: 14px; font-size: 9px; line-height: 14px; color: var(--rs-text-muted); z-index: 2; pointer-events: none; padding: 0 4px; }
 
 			/* ── Drop Target ── */
 			.day.drop-target { background: rgba(245,158,11,0.15); border: 2px dashed var(--rs-warning); }