diff --git a/apps/calendar-web/src/timezone/CalendarTimeZoneHintSync.tsx b/apps/calendar-web/src/timezone/CalendarTimeZoneHintSync.tsx
index 99716fffe..89b3562eb 100644
--- a/apps/calendar-web/src/timezone/CalendarTimeZoneHintSync.tsx
+++ b/apps/calendar-web/src/timezone/CalendarTimeZoneHintSync.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useLayoutEffect } from "react";
 import { useCalendarsQuery } from "@web/calendars/calendar.query";
 import { pickCalendarTimeZoneHint } from "@web/timezone/calendar-timezone-hint";
 import { setCalendarTimeZoneHint } from "@web/timezone/effective-timezone.store";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { setCalendarTimeZoneHint } from "@web/timezone/effective-timezone.store"
 export function CalendarTimeZoneHintSync() {
   const { data: calendars } = useCalendarsQuery();
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
     setCalendarTimeZoneHint(
       calendars ? pickCalendarTimeZoneHint(calendars) : null,
     );
diff --git a/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.test.ts b/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.test.ts
index 005530a73..93caeff47 100644
--- a/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.test.ts
+++ b/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.test.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ import {
 import dayjs from "@core/util/date/dayjs";
 import { type GridEvent } from "@web/common/types/web.event.types";
 import { gridEventDefaultPosition } from "@web/common/utils/event/event.util";
+import {
+  resetEffectiveTimeZoneStoreForTests,
+  setBrowserTimeZoneForTests,
+} from "@web/timezone/effective-timezone.store";
 import {
   calendarIdsWithVisibleEventsOnDay,
   getDayViewCalendars,
 } from "./dayCalendarColumns.util";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 
 function makeCalendar(overrides: Partial<Calendar>): Calendar {
   return {
@@ -208,6 +212,53 @@ describe("getDayViewCalendars", () => {
 });
 
 describe("calendarIdsWithVisibleEventsOnDay", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    resetEffectiveTimeZoneStoreForTests();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps both day columns at the merge-queue UTC boundary (browser UTC, no calendar hint)", () => {
+    setBrowserTimeZoneForTests("UTC");
+    const primary = makeCalendar({
+      id: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011" as Calendar["id"],
+      name: "Acme",
+      isPrimary: true,
+    });
+    const secondary = makeCalendar({
+      id: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439012" as Calendar["id"],
+      name: "Design",
+    });
+    const dateInViewBoundary = dayjs.tz(
+      "2026-11-11T17:23:00",
+      "America/Denver",
+    );
+    const timed = [
+      gridEvent({
+        _id: "a",
+        calendarId: primary.id,
+        startDate: "2026-11-11 09:00:00.000",
+        endDate: "2026-11-11 10:30:00.000",
+        timeZone: "America/Denver",
+      }),
+      gridEvent({
+        _id: "b",
+        calendarId: secondary.id,
+        startDate: "2026-11-11 13:00:00.000",
+        endDate: "2026-11-11 14:30:00.000",
+        timeZone: "America/Denver",
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    expect(
+      getDayViewCalendars({
+        allDayEvents: [],
+        calendars: [primary, secondary],
+        dateInView: dateInViewBoundary,
+        hiddenEventIds: new Set(),
+        timedEvents: timed,
+      }).map((calendar) => calendar.name),
+    ).toEqual(["Acme", "Design"]);
+  });
+
   it("returns an empty set when every event is hidden", () => {
     const timed = [
       gridEvent({
diff --git a/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.ts b/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.ts
index dcbb1f137..ac16a47ad 100644
--- a/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.ts
+++ b/apps/calendar-web/src/views/Day/components/Calendar/dayCalendarColumns.util.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { type Calendar } from "@core/types/calendar.contracts";
 import { type CalendarId } from "@core/types/domain-primitives";
-import { type Dayjs } from "@core/util/date/dayjs";
+import dayjs, { type Dayjs } from "@core/util/date/dayjs";
 import { getDefaultTargetCalendar } from "@web/calendars/calendar.util";
 import { type GridEvent } from "@web/common/types/web.event.types";
 import { isEventVisibleOnGrid } from "@web/events/visibility/filter-events-visible-on-grid";
-import { getEffectiveTimeZone } from "@web/timezone/effective-timezone.store";
-import { inEffectiveTimeZone } from "@web/timezone/in-time-zone";
+import { parseGridScheduleDate } from "@web/timezone/parse-grid-schedule-date";
+import { dayEventQueryRange } from "@web/views/Day/util/day-window.util";
 import { isAllDayEventOnDay } from "./dayAllDayRows.util";
 
 type DayViewCalendarColumnInput = {
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ const eligibleCalendarsInOrder = (calendars: Calendar[]): Calendar[] => {
   return calendars.slice(0, 1);
 };
 
-const CIVIL_DAY_FORMAT = "YYYY-MM-DD";
-
-const timedEventCivilDay = (event: GridEvent, viewZone: string) =>
-  inEffectiveTimeZone(event.startDate, event.timeZone ?? viewZone).format(
-    CIVIL_DAY_FORMAT,
-  );
+const timedEventOverlapsViewDay = (event: GridEvent, dateInView: Dayjs) => {
+  const { startDate, endDate } = dayEventQueryRange(dateInView);
+  const rangeStart = dayjs(startDate);
+  const rangeEnd = dayjs(endDate);
+  const eventStart = parseGridScheduleDate(event.startDate, event.timeZone);
+  const eventEnd = parseGridScheduleDate(event.endDate, event.timeZone);
+  return eventStart.isBefore(rangeEnd) && eventEnd.isAfter(rangeStart);
+};
 
 export const calendarIdsWithVisibleEventsOnDay = ({
   allDayEvents,
@@ -54,16 +56,13 @@ export const calendarIdsWithVisibleEventsOnDay = ({
   "allDayEvents" | "dateInView" | "hiddenEventIds" | "timedEvents"
 >): Set<CalendarId> => {
   const ids = new Set<CalendarId>();
-  const viewZone = getEffectiveTimeZone();
-  const viewDay = inEffectiveTimeZone(dateInView, viewZone).format(
-    CIVIL_DAY_FORMAT,
-  );
 
   for (const event of timedEvents) {
     if (
       !event.calendarId ||
       !isEventVisibleOnGrid(event, hiddenEventIds) ||
-      timedEventCivilDay(event, viewZone) !== viewDay
+      event.isAllDay ||
+      !timedEventOverlapsViewDay(event, dateInView)
     ) {
       continue;
     }