diff --git a/FEATURES.md b/FEATURES.md
index 078005a..05608b3 100644
--- a/FEATURES.md
+++ b/FEATURES.md
@@ -638,7 +638,25 @@ work:
 *This and future* is not offered: the server refuses an occurrence that belongs
 to such a change, and where it does, ihasmail says so and offers the series.
 
-Events are edited in the editor rather than dragged around the grid.
+**Events are dragged.** In the day and week grids an event moves by dragging
+it and changes length by dragging its bottom edge, both snapping to fifteen
+minutes; in the month grid it moves to another day and keeps the time it had.
+The editor is still there and still does everything a drag cannot.
+
+- **A recurring event asks which dates it means**, the same question the menu
+  asks, and goes through the same path — so a date the server will only change
+  as part of a whole series offers that rather than failing.
+- **Only where it can be saved.** A read-only calendar offers no drag, and
+  neither does a birthday: it is derived from a contact and there is nothing on
+  the server to move.
+- **Invitations are not sent.** A drag is a scheduling gesture, and mailing
+  every guest on each nudge of a block is not what the hand was asking for. A
+  change that should go out with notice goes through the editor.
+- The new time is worked out **in the event's own frame** rather than through
+  an instant: its stored wall clock is what moves, and its time zone is not
+  touched. Computing a new time from the reader's local hours and then
+  re-expressing it in the event's zone converts twice, and the two do not
+  cancel.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/__tests__/eventDrag.test.ts b/web/src/lib/__tests__/eventDrag.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da34b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/__tests__/eventDrag.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  canDragEvent,
+  formatDuration,
+  MIN_DURATION_MINUTES,
+  movedBy,
+  movedToDay,
+  pixelsToMinutes,
+  resizedBy,
+  snap,
+  movePatch,
+  moveToDayPatch,
+  resizePatch,
+  SNAP_MINUTES,
+} from "@/lib/eventDrag";
+import { BIRTHDAY_ID_PREFIX } from "@/lib/birthdays";
+import type { CalendarEvent } from "@/jmap/types";
+
+const at = (h: number, m = 0, d = 4) => new Date(2026, 8, d, h, m, 0, 0);
+const span = (from: Date, to: Date) => ({ start: from, end: to });
+const hhmm = (d: Date) => `${String(d.getHours()).padStart(2, "0")}:${String(d.getMinutes()).padStart(2, "0")}`;
+const ymd = (d: Date) => `${d.getFullYear()}-${String(d.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0")}-${String(d.getDate()).padStart(2, "0")}`;
+
+describe("snap", () => {
+  it("rounds to the nearest quarter hour", () => {
+    expect(snap(0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(snap(7)).toBe(0);
+    expect(snap(8)).toBe(15);
+    expect(snap(22)).toBe(15);
+    expect(snap(23)).toBe(30);
+    expect(snap(-8)).toBe(-15);
+  });
+
+  it("takes another slot when asked", () => {
+    expect(snap(20, 30)).toBe(30);
+    expect(snap(14, 30)).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("movedBy", () => {
+  it("moves both ends, so the length does not change", () => {
+    const out = movedBy(span(at(14), at(15)), 30);
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("14:30");
+    expect(hhmm(out.end)).toBe("15:30");
+  });
+
+  it("snaps the drag rather than taking it literally", () => {
+    const out = movedBy(span(at(14), at(15)), 7);
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("14:00");
+  });
+
+  it("moves backwards too", () => {
+    const out = movedBy(span(at(14), at(15)), -60);
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("13:00");
+    expect(hhmm(out.end)).toBe("14:00");
+  });
+
+  it("carries an event across midnight without losing its length", () => {
+    const out = movedBy(span(at(23, 30), at(23, 45)), 60);
+    expect(ymd(out.start)).toBe("2026-09-05");
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("00:30");
+    expect(out.end.getTime() - out.start.getTime()).toBe(15 * 60_000);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("movedToDay", () => {
+  it("keeps the time of day, which is what the month grid is not asking about", () => {
+    // Dragged from Friday to Monday: still at two o'clock.
+    const out = movedToDay(span(at(14), at(15, 30)), new Date(2026, 8, 7));
+    expect(ymd(out.start)).toBe("2026-09-07");
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("14:00");
+    expect(hhmm(out.end)).toBe("15:30");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a length that spans days", () => {
+    const out = movedToDay(span(at(14, 0, 4), at(10, 0, 6)), new Date(2026, 8, 20));
+    expect(ymd(out.start)).toBe("2026-09-20");
+    expect(ymd(out.end)).toBe("2026-09-22");
+  });
+
+  it("moves across a month boundary", () => {
+    const out = movedToDay(span(at(9), at(10)), new Date(2026, 9, 1));
+    expect(ymd(out.start)).toBe("2026-10-01");
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("09:00");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resizedBy", () => {
+  it("moves the end and leaves the start alone", () => {
+    const out = resizedBy(span(at(14), at(15)), 30);
+    expect(hhmm(out.start)).toBe("14:00");
+    expect(hhmm(out.end)).toBe("15:30");
+  });
+
+  it("clamps at one slot rather than refusing the drag", () => {
+    // A drag that goes too far is still a drag; stopping is what the reader
+    // sees happening while they do it.
+    const out = resizedBy(span(at(14), at(15)), -600);
+    expect(out.end.getTime() - out.start.getTime()).toBe(MIN_DURATION_MINUTES * 60_000);
+    expect(hhmm(out.end)).toBe("14:15");
+  });
+
+  it("never lets the end cross the start", () => {
+    for (const delta of [-60, -120, -1000]) {
+      const out = resizedBy(span(at(9), at(9, 30)), delta);
+      expect(out.end.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(out.start.getTime());
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("formatDuration", () => {
+  it("writes the shapes the wire expects", () => {
+    expect(formatDuration(3600)).toBe("PT1H");
+    expect(formatDuration(5400)).toBe("PT1H30M");
+    expect(formatDuration(900)).toBe("PT15M");
+    expect(formatDuration(86400)).toBe("P1D");
+    expect(formatDuration(90000)).toBe("P1DT1H");
+    expect(formatDuration(0)).toBe("PT0S");
+    expect(formatDuration(45)).toBe("PT45S");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the patch a drag sends, computed in the event's own frame", () => {
+  /*
+   * The bug this shape exists to prevent: working the new time out from the
+   * reader's local hours and then re-expressing it in the event's zone
+   * converts twice, and the two do not cancel. An event two hours from the
+   * reader jumped two hours the first time it was dragged and then sat still.
+   * None of these functions touches a zone at all.
+   */
+  it("moves the stored start by the snapped delta", () => {
+    expect(movePatch("2026-09-04T14:00:00", 30)).toEqual({ start: "2026-09-04T14:30:00" });
+    expect(movePatch("2026-09-04T14:00:00", -60)).toEqual({ start: "2026-09-04T13:00:00" });
+    expect(movePatch("2026-09-04T14:00:00", 7)).toEqual({ start: "2026-09-04T14:00:00" });
+  });
+
+  it("carries a move across midnight and across a month", () => {
+    expect(movePatch("2026-09-30T23:30:00", 60)).toEqual({ start: "2026-10-01T00:30:00" });
+  });
+
+  it("never sends a duration for a move, so the length is left alone", () => {
+    expect(movePatch("2026-09-04T14:00:00", 30).duration).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the time of day when moving to another date", () => {
+    expect(moveToDayPatch("2026-09-04T14:30:00", new Date(2026, 8, 10))).toEqual({ start: "2026-09-10T14:30:00" });
+  });
+
+  it("never sends a start for a resize, so the zone question does not arise", () => {
+    const patch = resizePatch(3600, 60);
+    expect(patch).toEqual({ duration: "PT2H" });
+    expect(patch.start).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("clamps a resize at one slot", () => {
+    expect(resizePatch(3600, -600)).toEqual({ duration: "PT15M" });
+  });
+
+  it("says nothing at all about a start it cannot read", () => {
+    expect(movePatch("not a date", 30)).toEqual({});
+    expect(moveToDayPatch("", new Date(2026, 8, 10))).toEqual({});
+  });
+});
+
+describe("canDragEvent", () => {
+  const writable = { myRights: { mayWriteAll: true } };
+  const readonly = { myRights: { mayWriteAll: false, mayWriteOwn: false } };
+  const event = { id: "e1" } as CalendarEvent;
+
+  it("allows a normal event on a calendar you can write to", () => {
+    expect(canDragEvent(event, writable)).toBe(true);
+    expect(canDragEvent(event, { myRights: { mayWriteOwn: true } })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses a birthday, which is derived and has nothing to move", () => {
+    expect(canDragEvent({ id: `${BIRTHDAY_ID_PREFIX}c1:2026` } as CalendarEvent, writable)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses a calendar you cannot write to, and one that is not there", () => {
+    expect(canDragEvent(event, readonly)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canDragEvent(event, undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses nothing at all", () => {
+    expect(canDragEvent(null, writable)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("pixelsToMinutes", () => {
+  it("converts against the grid's own scale", () => {
+    expect(pixelsToMinutes(48, 48)).toBe(60);
+    expect(pixelsToMinutes(24, 48)).toBe(30);
+    expect(pixelsToMinutes(-48, 48)).toBe(-60);
+  });
+
+  it("says nothing rather than dividing by zero before the grid is measured", () => {
+    expect(pixelsToMinutes(100, 0)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("round-trips through snap to the slot the pointer is over", () => {
+    expect(snap(pixelsToMinutes(10, 48))).toBe(15);
+    expect(snap(pixelsToMinutes(2, 48))).toBe(0);
+    expect(SNAP_MINUTES).toBe(15);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/eventDrag.ts b/web/src/lib/eventDrag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cc3aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/eventDrag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/**
+ * Moving and resizing an event by dragging it.
+ *
+ * The arithmetic lives here, away from the grids and under test, for the same
+ * reason the swipe thresholds do: the numbers are the whole thing, and a
+ * mistake in them moves somebody's meeting to the wrong hour rather than
+ * merely looking wrong.
+ *
+ * Nothing here talks to the server or knows what a scope is. It answers one
+ * question — given an event and a gesture, what are the new start and end —
+ * and the caller decides whether it is allowed to save that.
+ */
+import { addMinutes } from "./dates";
+import { isBirthdayEvent } from "./birthdays";
+import type { CalendarEvent } from "@/jmap/types";
+
+/**
+ * Fifteen minutes, which is the smallest slot anybody schedules against and
+ * the largest that still lands where the pointer looks like it is.
+ */
+export const SNAP_MINUTES = 15;
+
+/** An event has to keep some length; dragging its end past its start is not a request. */
+export const MIN_DURATION_MINUTES = 15;
+
+/** Round a count of minutes to the nearest slot, away from zero on a tie. */
+export function snap(minutes: number, slot: number = SNAP_MINUTES): number {
+  return Math.round(minutes / slot) * slot;
+}
+
+export interface Span {
+  start: Date;
+  end: Date;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Moved by a number of minutes, keeping its length.
+ *
+ * Both ends move together: dragging the middle of an event is asking for it to
+ * happen at another time, not to become a different length.
+ */
+export function movedBy(span: Span, deltaMinutes: number): Span {
+  const delta = snap(deltaMinutes);
+  return { start: addMinutes(span.start, delta), end: addMinutes(span.end, delta) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Moved to another day, keeping its time of day and its length.
+ *
+ * This is the month grid, where a cell is a day and nothing finer. An event
+ * dragged from Tuesday to Friday should still be at two o'clock; changing the
+ * hour as well would be answering a question nobody asked.
+ */
+export function movedToDay(span: Span, day: Date): Span {
+  const length = span.end.getTime() - span.start.getTime();
+  const start = new Date(day.getFullYear(), day.getMonth(), day.getDate(), span.start.getHours(), span.start.getMinutes(), 0, 0);
+  return { start, end: new Date(start.getTime() + length) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resized from its end, never shorter than one slot.
+ *
+ * The floor is a clamp rather than a refusal: a drag that goes too far is
+ * still a drag, and stopping at fifteen minutes is what the reader sees
+ * happening while they do it.
+ */
+export function resizedBy(span: Span, deltaMinutes: number): Span {
+  const end = addMinutes(span.end, snap(deltaMinutes));
+  const minimum = addMinutes(span.start, MIN_DURATION_MINUTES);
+  return { start: span.start, end: end.getTime() < minimum.getTime() ? minimum : end };
+}
+
+/** Seconds, as an ISO 8601 duration — the shape `duration` takes on the wire. */
+export function formatDuration(seconds: number): string {
+  const total = Math.max(0, Math.round(seconds));
+  const days = Math.floor(total / 86400);
+  const hours = Math.floor((total % 86400) / 3600);
+  const minutes = Math.floor((total % 3600) / 60);
+  const secs = total % 60;
+  if (!total) return "PT0S";
+  const time = [hours && `${hours}H`, minutes && `${minutes}M`, secs && `${secs}S`].filter(Boolean).join("");
+  return `P${days ? `${days}D` : ""}${time ? `T${time}` : ""}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The patch a move or a resize sends.
+ *
+ * **Computed in the event's own frame, never through an instant.** An event
+ * carries a wall-clock `start` and a `timeZone`, and the grid draws it at the
+ * reader's local time. Working out a new time from those local hours and then
+ * re-expressing it in the event's zone converts twice, and the two conversions
+ * do not cancel: an event in a zone two hours from the reader's moved two
+ * hours the first time it was dragged, and then sat still, because after that
+ * its stored time and the reader's happened to agree.
+ *
+ * Parsing the stored string into its parts and adding minutes to those parts
+ * touches no zone at all, so there is nothing to get wrong. The zone itself is
+ * left exactly as it was: dragging an event is not a claim about where it
+ * happens.
+ */
+function parseStored(start: string): Date | null {
+  const m = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2})(?::(\d{2}))?/.exec(start ?? "");
+  if (!m) return null;
+  return new Date(Number(m[1]), Number(m[2]) - 1, Number(m[3]), Number(m[4]), Number(m[5]), Number(m[6] ?? 0), 0);
+}
+
+function formatStored(d: Date): string {
+  const p = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, "0");
+  return `${d.getFullYear()}-${p(d.getMonth() + 1)}-${p(d.getDate())}T${p(d.getHours())}:${p(d.getMinutes())}:${p(d.getSeconds())}`;
+}
+
+export interface DragPatch {
+  start?: string;
+  duration?: string;
+}
+
+/** Moved by a number of minutes, in the event's own frame. */
+export function movePatch(storedStart: string, deltaMinutes: number): DragPatch {
+  const base = parseStored(storedStart);
+  if (!base) return {};
+  return { start: formatStored(addMinutes(base, snap(deltaMinutes))) };
+}
+
+/** Moved to another date, keeping the time of day it already had. */
+export function moveToDayPatch(storedStart: string, day: Date): DragPatch {
+  const base = parseStored(storedStart);
+  if (!base) return {};
+  const moved = new Date(day.getFullYear(), day.getMonth(), day.getDate(), base.getHours(), base.getMinutes(), base.getSeconds(), 0);
+  return { start: formatStored(moved) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resized from its end. Only the duration moves, so the start -- and with it
+ * the whole question of zones -- is not touched at all.
+ */
+export function resizePatch(currentSeconds: number, deltaMinutes: number): DragPatch {
+  const seconds = Math.max(MIN_DURATION_MINUTES * 60, currentSeconds + snap(deltaMinutes) * 60);
+  return { duration: formatDuration(seconds) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether this event can be dragged at all.
+ *
+ * Three separate reasons it might not be, and they are checked here so no grid
+ * has to remember all three:
+ *
+ *  - **A birthday is derived**, not stored. There is nothing on the server to
+ *    move, and the date belongs to a contact rather than to a calendar.
+ *  - **The calendar may be read-only** — someone else's, shared without write
+ *    rights. This is the same question the popover asks before offering Edit.
+ *  - **An event with no calendar** has nowhere to be saved.
+ */
+export function canDragEvent(event: CalendarEvent | null | undefined, calendar: { myRights?: { mayWriteAll?: boolean; mayWriteOwn?: boolean } } | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!event || isBirthdayEvent(event.id)) return false;
+  if (!calendar) return false;
+  return Boolean(calendar.myRights?.mayWriteAll || calendar.myRights?.mayWriteOwn);
+}
+
+/** How far the pointer moved, in minutes, given a grid's pixels-per-hour. */
+export function pixelsToMinutes(deltaPixels: number, hourHeight: number): number {
+  if (!hourHeight) return 0;
+  return (deltaPixels / hourHeight) * 60;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/styles/app.css b/web/src/styles/app.css
index c515abb..c228195 100644
--- a/web/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/web/src/styles/app.css
@@ -1771,3 +1771,11 @@ button.dp-open:disabled { cursor: default; opacity: .5; }
 .mode-switch button { padding: 6px 14px; background: none; border: 0; color: var(--fg-muted); cursor: pointer; font: inherit; }
 .mode-switch button.active { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-soft-fg); }
 .mode-switch button:disabled { opacity: .45; cursor: not-allowed; }
+
+/* Dragging an event to another time or day. */
+.ev-block.draggable, .ev-chip.draggable { cursor: grab; touch-action: none; }
+.ev-block.dragging, .ev-chip.dragging { cursor: grabbing; opacity: .75; box-shadow: var(--shadow-2); z-index: 5; }
+.ev-block { position: absolute; }
+.ev-resize { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 8px; cursor: ns-resize; touch-action: none; }
+.ev-resize::after { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 2px; width: 18px; height: 2px; margin-left: -9px; border-radius: 2px; background: currentColor; opacity: 0; }
+.ev-block:hover .ev-resize::after { opacity: .5; }
diff --git a/web/src/views/calendar/CalendarView.tsx b/web/src/views/calendar/CalendarView.tsx
index c4abcb8..6e83d5a 100644
--- a/web/src/views/calendar/CalendarView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/calendar/CalendarView.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useLocation } from "wouter";
 import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Plus, Calendar as CalIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { useCalendar, participantAddresses, type EventInstance } from "@/store/calendar";
 import { useSettings } from "@/store/settings";
-import { addDays, addMonths, DAY_MS, endOfDay, isSameDay, isToday, monthGrid, roundToNext, startOfDay, startOfWeek, toLocalDateOnly, weekDays } from "@/lib/dates";
+import { addDays, addMonths, DAY_MS, endOfDay, isSameDay, isToday, monthGrid, roundToNext, startOfDay, startOfWeek, toLocalDateOnly, weekDays} from "@/lib/dates";
 import { useSwipeNav } from "@/lib/touch";
 import { formatMonthYear, formatTime } from "@/lib/format";
 import { formatDate, formatDateLong, formatDayMonth, formatHourLabel, formatWeekday, formatWeekdayDate } from "@/lib/datetime";
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import { EventPopover } from "./EventPopover";
 import { EventEditor, type EditorInit } from "./EventEditor";
 import type { Anchor } from "@/ui/popover";
 import { CalendarContextMenu, eventColor, type CalendarContext } from "./CalendarContextMenu";
+import { toast } from "@/ui/toast";
+import { askEditScope, droppedMessage, runScoped } from "./scope";
+import { canDragEvent, moveToDayPatch, movePatch, pixelsToMinutes, resizePatch, snap, type DragPatch } from "@/lib/eventDrag";
 import { t as translate } from "@/lib/i18n";
 
 type View = "month" | "week" | "day" | "agenda";
@@ -110,6 +113,34 @@ export function CalendarView({ view: viewParam, date }: { view?: string; date?:
     ignore: ".cal-toolbar, .ev-chip, .ev-block, .agenda-ev",
   });
 
+  /*
+   * Saving a move or a resize.
+   *
+   * The same path a menu edit takes: ask which of a series it is meant for,
+   * then run it through `runScoped` so a date the server will only change as
+   * part of a whole series offers that rather than failing. Invitations are
+   * not sent -- a drag is a scheduling gesture, and mailing every guest on
+   * each nudge of a block is not what the hand was asking for. The editor is
+   * still where a change goes out with notice.
+   */
+  const commitDrag = useCallback(
+    async (inst: EventInstance, patch: DragPatch) => {
+      const ev = inst.event;
+      if (!patch.start && !patch.duration) return;
+      const scope = await askEditScope(ev);
+      if (!scope) return;
+      try {
+        const dropped = await runScoped(scope, (sc) => cal.updateEvent(ev, { ...patch }, false, sc));
+        if (!dropped) return;
+        const message = droppedMessage(dropped);
+        if (message) toast.success(message);
+      } catch (err) {
+        toast.error((err as Error).message);
+      }
+    },
+    [cal],
+  );
+
   const openNew = useCallback(
     (start?: Date, end?: Date, allDay = false) => {
       const s = start ?? roundToNext(new Date(), 30);
@@ -183,8 +214,8 @@ export function CalendarView({ view: viewParam, date }: { view?: string; date?:
         {!isMobile && <button className="btn btn-primary btn-sm" onClick={() => openNew()}><Plus size={16} />  {translate("Event")}</button>}
       </div>
       {cal.error && <div className="error-box" style={{ margin: 12 }}>{cal.error}</div>}
-      {effectiveView === "month" && <MonthView anchor={anchor} weekStart={weekStart} onDay={(d) => go("day", d)} onEvent={onEvent} onEventContext={onEventContext} onSlotContext={onSlotContext} onCreate={(d) => openNew(new Date(d.getTime() + 9 * 3600_000))} />}
-      {(effectiveView === "week" || effectiveView === "day") && <TimeGrid days={effectiveView === "week" ? weekDays(anchor, weekStart) : [anchor]} onEvent={onEvent} onEventContext={onEventContext} onSlotContext={onSlotContext} onCreate={(s, e, allDay) => openNew(s, e, allDay)} onDayHeader={(d) => go("day", d)} workStart={settings.workDayStart} workEnd={settings.workDayEnd} />}
+      {effectiveView === "month" && <MonthView onDragCommit={(i, patch) => void commitDrag(i, patch)} anchor={anchor} weekStart={weekStart} onDay={(d) => go("day", d)} onEvent={onEvent} onEventContext={onEventContext} onSlotContext={onSlotContext} onCreate={(d) => openNew(new Date(d.getTime() + 9 * 3600_000))} />}
+      {(effectiveView === "week" || effectiveView === "day") && <TimeGrid onDragCommit={(i, patch) => void commitDrag(i, patch)} days={effectiveView === "week" ? weekDays(anchor, weekStart) : [anchor]} onEvent={onEvent} onEventContext={onEventContext} onSlotContext={onSlotContext} onCreate={(s, e, allDay) => openNew(s, e, allDay)} onDayHeader={(d) => go("day", d)} workStart={settings.workDayStart} workEnd={settings.workDayEnd} />}
       {effectiveView === "agenda" && <AgendaView start={anchor} onEvent={onEvent} onEventContext={onEventContext} />}
       {ctx && <CalendarContextMenu ctx={ctx} onClose={() => setCtx(null)} onOpen={(inst, a) => setPopover({ inst, anchor: a })} onEdit={(inst) => setEditor({ event: inst.event, start: inst.start, end: inst.end, allDay: inst.allDay })} onCreate={(s, e, allDay) => { setCtx(null); openNew(s, e, allDay); }} />}
       {isMobile && <button className="fab" aria-label={translate("New event")} onClick={() => openNew()}><Plus size={24} /></button>}
@@ -199,13 +230,61 @@ export function CalendarView({ view: viewParam, date }: { view?: string; date?:
 type EvCtx = (i: EventInstance, e: React.MouseEvent) => void;
 type SlotCtx = (start: Date, end: Date, allDay: boolean, e: React.MouseEvent) => void;
 
-function MonthView({ anchor, weekStart, onDay, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate }: { anchor: Date; weekStart: number; onDay: (d: Date) => void; onEvent: (i: EventInstance, el: Element) => void; onEventContext: EvCtx; onSlotContext: SlotCtx; onCreate: (d: Date) => void }) {
+function MonthView({ anchor, weekStart, onDay, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate, onDragCommit }: { anchor: Date; weekStart: number; onDay: (d: Date) => void; onEvent: (i: EventInstance, el: Element) => void; onEventContext: EvCtx; onSlotContext: SlotCtx; onCreate: (d: Date) => void; onDragCommit: (i: EventInstance, patch: DragPatch) => void }) {
   const cal = useCalendar();
   const grid = useMemo(() => monthGrid(anchor, weekStart), [anchor, weekStart]);
   const instances = cal.instancesIn(grid[0]!, addDays(grid[41]!, 1));
   const weeks = [...Array(6)].map((_, w) => grid.slice(w * 7, w * 7 + 7));
   const dow = weeks[0]!.map((d) => formatWeekday(d));
   const maxPer = 4;
+  const [draggingKey, setDraggingKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const draggedRef = useRef(false);
+
+  /*
+   * A month cell is a day and nothing finer, so the only question a drag here
+   * asks is "which day". The cell under the pointer is found by asking the
+   * document rather than by tracking enter and leave on forty-two cells: one
+   * question at the end beats bookkeeping throughout.
+   */
+  const beginChipDrag = (inst: EventInstance, e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+    if (e.button !== 0 && e.pointerType === "mouse") return;
+    if (!canDragEvent(inst.event, inst.calendar)) return;
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const el = e.currentTarget as HTMLElement;
+    el.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    let landedOn: string | null = null;
+    const onPointerMove = (ev: PointerEvent) => {
+      const cell = document.elementFromPoint(ev.clientX, ev.clientY)?.closest<HTMLElement>(".month-cell");
+      const date = cell?.dataset.date ?? null;
+      if (date) landedOn = date;
+      if (!draggedRef.current) draggedRef.current = true;
+      setDraggingKey(inst.key);
+    };
+    const finish = () => {
+      el.removeEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointerup", finish);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointercancel", finish);
+      try {
+        el.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+      } catch {
+        /* already released */
+      }
+      setDraggingKey(null);
+      // Built from the parts rather than parsed: `new Date("2026-09-04")` is
+      // read as UTC and lands on the day before wherever the offset is negative.
+      const parts = landedOn?.split("-").map(Number);
+      const target = parts && parts.length === 3 ? new Date(parts[0]!, parts[1]! - 1, parts[2]!) : null;
+      if (target && !isSameDay(target, inst.start)) {
+        onDragCommit(inst, moveToDayPatch(inst.event.start, target));
+      }
+      window.setTimeout(() => (draggedRef.current = false), 0);
+    };
+    el.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+    el.addEventListener("pointerup", finish);
+    el.addEventListener("pointercancel", finish);
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="month-grid">
       <div className="dow-row">{dow.map((d) => <div key={d}>{d}</div>)}</div>
@@ -216,9 +295,9 @@ function MonthView({ anchor, weekStart, onDay, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotCo
             const evs = instances.filter((i) => i.start < dayEnd && i.end > d);
             const shown = evs.slice(0, maxPer);
             return (
-              <div key={d.toISOString()} className={`month-cell ${d.getMonth() !== anchor.getMonth() ? "other" : ""} ${isToday(d) ? "today" : ""}`} onClick={() => onCreate(d)} onDoubleClick={() => onDay(d)} onContextMenu={(e) => onSlotContext(new Date(d.getTime() + 9 * 3600_000), new Date(d.getTime() + 10 * 3600_000), false, e)}>
+              <div key={d.toISOString()} data-date={toLocalDateOnly(d)} className={`month-cell ${d.getMonth() !== anchor.getMonth() ? "other" : ""} ${isToday(d) ? "today" : ""}`} onClick={() => onCreate(d)} onDoubleClick={() => onDay(d)} onContextMenu={(e) => onSlotContext(new Date(d.getTime() + 9 * 3600_000), new Date(d.getTime() + 10 * 3600_000), false, e)}>
                 <span className="day-num" onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); onDay(d); }}>{d.getDate() === 1 ? formatDayMonth(d) : d.getDate()}</span>
-                {shown.map((i) => <EventChip key={i.key} inst={i} day={d} onClick={(el) => onEvent(i, el)} onContext={(e) => onEventContext(i, e)} />)}
+                {shown.map((i) => <EventChip key={i.key} inst={i} day={d} onClick={(el) => onEvent(i, el)} onContext={(e) => onEventContext(i, e)} onDragStart={canDragEvent(i.event, i.calendar) ? (e) => beginChipDrag(i, e) : undefined} dragging={draggingKey === i.key} suppressClick={() => draggedRef.current} />)}
                 {evs.length > maxPer && <span className="more" onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); onDay(d); }}>{translate("+{n} more", { n: evs.length - maxPer })}</span>}
               </div>
             );
@@ -248,11 +327,11 @@ function useEventColor() {
   return (inst: EventInstance) => eventColor(inst.event, inst.calendar?.color, categories);
 }
 
-function EventChip({ inst, day, onClick, onContext }: { inst: EventInstance; day: Date; onClick: (el: Element) => void; onContext?: (e: React.MouseEvent) => void }) {
+function EventChip({ inst, day, onClick, onContext, onDragStart, dragging, suppressClick }: { inst: EventInstance; day: Date; onClick: (el: Element) => void; onContext?: (e: React.MouseEvent) => void; onDragStart?: (e: React.PointerEvent) => void; dragging?: boolean; suppressClick?: () => boolean }) {
   const color = useEventColor()(inst);
   const spansDay = inst.allDay || inst.end.getTime() - inst.start.getTime() >= DAY_MS || !isSameDay(inst.start, inst.end) && inst.start < day;
   return (
-    <div className={`ev-chip ${spansDay ? "" : "timed"} ${statusClass(inst)}`} style={{ background: color, borderColor: color }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); onClick(e.currentTarget); }} onContextMenu={onContext} title={inst.event.title ?? ""}>
+    <div className={`ev-chip ${spansDay ? "" : "timed"} ${statusClass(inst)} ${dragging ? "dragging" : ""} ${onDragStart ? "draggable" : ""}`} style={{ background: color, borderColor: color }} onPointerDown={onDragStart} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); if (suppressClick?.()) return; onClick(e.currentTarget); }} onContextMenu={onContext} title={inst.event.title ?? ""}>
       {!spansDay && <span className="ev-dot" style={{ background: color }} />}
       {!spansDay && <span className="ev-time">{formatTime(inst.start)}</span>}
       <span className="truncate">{inst.event.title || "(untitled)"}</span>
@@ -262,7 +341,7 @@ function EventChip({ inst, day, onClick, onContext }: { inst: EventInstance; day
 
 /* ---------------- Week / Day ---------------- */
 
-function TimeGrid({ days, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate, onDayHeader, workStart, workEnd }: { days: Date[]; onEvent: (i: EventInstance, el: Element) => void; onEventContext: EvCtx; onSlotContext: SlotCtx; onCreate: (s: Date, e: Date, allDay: boolean) => void; onDayHeader: (d: Date) => void; workStart: number; workEnd: number }) {
+function TimeGrid({ days, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate, onDayHeader, onDragCommit, workStart, workEnd }: { days: Date[]; onEvent: (i: EventInstance, el: Element) => void; onEventContext: EvCtx; onSlotContext: SlotCtx; onCreate: (s: Date, e: Date, allDay: boolean) => void; onDayHeader: (d: Date) => void; onDragCommit: (i: EventInstance, patch: DragPatch) => void; workStart: number; workEnd: number }) {
   const cal = useCalendar();
   const colorOf = useEventColor();
   const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -271,6 +350,53 @@ function TimeGrid({ days, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate, onDa
   const instances = cal.instancesIn(start, end);
   const [now, setNow] = useState(new Date());
   const [drag, setDrag] = useState<{ day: Date; startMin: number; endMin: number } | null>(null);
+  /*
+   * Dragging an event, as opposed to dragging out a new one on empty grid --
+   * which is what `drag` above is. Held as a delta in minutes rather than as a
+   * new time, so the preview is one number and the commit is the same
+   * arithmetic the tests cover.
+   */
+  const [moving, setMoving] = useState<{ key: string; deltaMin: number; mode: "move" | "resize" } | null>(null);
+  /* A drag ends with a pointerup, and a pointerup on the same element is also
+     a click. Without this, letting go of a moved event opens its popover. */
+  const draggedRef = useRef(false);
+
+  const beginDrag = (inst: EventInstance, mode: "move" | "resize", e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+    if (e.button !== 0 && e.pointerType === "mouse") return;
+    if (!canDragEvent(inst.event, inst.calendar)) return;
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const el = e.currentTarget as HTMLElement;
+    const startY = e.clientY;
+    let delta = 0;
+    el.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    const onPointerMove = (ev: PointerEvent) => {
+      delta = snap(pixelsToMinutes(ev.clientY - startY, HOUR_H));
+      if (delta !== 0) draggedRef.current = true;
+      setMoving({ key: inst.key, deltaMin: delta, mode });
+    };
+    const finish = () => {
+      el.removeEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointerup", finish);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointercancel", finish);
+      try {
+        el.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+      } catch {
+        /* already released, which is fine */
+      }
+      setMoving(null);
+      if (delta !== 0) {
+        const seconds = (inst.end.getTime() - inst.start.getTime()) / 1000;
+        onDragCommit(inst, mode === "move" ? movePatch(inst.event.start, delta) : resizePatch(seconds, delta));
+      }
+      // Cleared after the click that follows this pointerup has been swallowed.
+      window.setTimeout(() => (draggedRef.current = false), 0);
+    };
+    el.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+    el.addEventListener("pointerup", finish);
+    el.addEventListener("pointercancel", finish);
+  };
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const t = window.setInterval(() => setNow(new Date()), 60_000);
     return () => window.clearInterval(t);
@@ -354,7 +480,27 @@ function TimeGrid({ days, onEvent, onEventContext, onSlotContext, onCreate, onDa
                 {evs.map(({ inst, top, height, left, width }) => {
                   const color = colorOf(inst);
                   return (
-                    <div key={inst.key} className={`ev-block ${statusClass(inst)}`} style={{ top, height: Math.max(height, 18), left: `${left}%`, width: `calc(${width}% - 3px)`, background: color }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); onEvent(inst, e.currentTarget); }} onContextMenu={(e) => onEventContext(inst, e)} title={inst.event.title ?? ""}>
+                    <div
+                      key={inst.key}
+                      className={`ev-block ${statusClass(inst)} ${moving?.key === inst.key ? "dragging" : ""} ${canDragEvent(inst.event, inst.calendar) ? "draggable" : ""}`}
+                      style={{
+                        top: top + (moving?.key === inst.key && moving.mode === "move" ? (moving.deltaMin / 60) * HOUR_H : 0),
+                        height: Math.max(height + (moving?.key === inst.key && moving.mode === "resize" ? (moving.deltaMin / 60) * HOUR_H : 0), 18),
+                        left: `${left}%`,
+                        width: `calc(${width}% - 3px)`,
+                        background: color,
+                      }}
+                      onPointerDown={(e) => beginDrag(inst, "move", e)}
+                      onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); if (draggedRef.current) return; onEvent(inst, e.currentTarget); }}
+                      onContextMenu={(e) => onEventContext(inst, e)}
+                      title={inst.event.title ?? ""}
+                    >
+                      {canDragEvent(inst.event, inst.calendar) && (
+                        /* Its own element rather than an edge zone on the block,
+                           so a thumb has something to aim at and the move drag
+                           does not have to guess which one was meant. */
+                        <div className="ev-resize" onPointerDown={(e) => beginDrag(inst, "resize", e)} aria-hidden="true" />
+                      )}
                       <div className="ev-title">{inst.event.title || "(untitled)"}</div>
                       {height > 30 && <div className="ev-time">{formatTime(inst.start)} – {formatTime(inst.end)}</div>}
                     </div>