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Lunar day today
Which lunar day it is, when the next one begins, and what the tradition says the day is good for.
November 12, 2026: lunar day 4.
Lunar day
4The tree of knowledge
Choice is everywhere today: many options, and each of them looks right.
Favourable: Collect opinions. Leave the decision till evening.
Avoid: Deciding the way everyone around does.
Approximate: counted from midnight in your time zone.
The month, day by day
Every day of the month: the Moon's sign, the lunar day, the four phases and the hours the Moon is void of course.
How lunar days are counted
The first lunar day begins at the new Moon. Every later one begins at moonrise, so a lunar month has 29 or 30 days and they do not line up with calendar dates. The first and the last day can be very short, from a few minutes to a few hours.
Moonrise depends on where you are. Set your city above and the count follows your own moonrises, with the time the day turns over. Without a city we count from midnight in your time zone, which can be one day off around moonrise.
What a lunar day is for
Each of the thirty days has its own character in the tradition: some suit starting things, some suit rest, on some it is better to keep plans small. The card above says what today favours and what to avoid, and the calendar on this page shows the days ahead.
Questions about lunar days
It starts at moonrise, not at midnight. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so over a month the changeover moves all the way around the clock.
Most often because of the place. A site that counts for another city, or from midnight instead of moonrise, can be a day apart from yours. Set your city here and compare the moonrise time.
29 or 30. The thirtieth day happens only when the Moon manages to rise once more before the next new Moon. In many months it is skipped.
No. The phase says how the Moon looks and how much of it is lit. The lunar day is a count of moonrises since the new Moon. Day 1 always falls on a new Moon, and the full Moon comes around days 14 to 16.