diff --git a/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSection.test.tsx b/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSection.test.tsx
index 2302d2eb8..99352ac34 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSection.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSection.test.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ const baseDraft = () =>
     timeZone: "UTC",
   });
 
+// A timed event that runs past local midnight: it starts on Aug 3 but its end
+// lands on Aug 4. The "Ends on" floor is anchored to the start date, so the
+// event's own date (Aug 3) stays selectable.
+const pastMidnightDraft = () =>
+  createGridEventDraft({
+    kind: "timed",
+    start: new Date("2026-08-03T23:00:00.000Z"),
+    end: new Date("2026-08-04T00:30:00.000Z"),
+    timeZone: "UTC",
+  });
+
 const recurringDraft = () => {
   const source = createMockEvent({
     schedule: SCHEDULE,
@@ -127,6 +138,26 @@ describe("RecurrenceSection", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  // Regression: the "Ends on" floor used to be the event's *end*, so an event
+  // running past local midnight (end on the next calendar day) disabled its own
+  // start date - the date the user most naturally picks. react-datepicker
+  // compares day cells by calendar day, so the fix is to anchor the floor to
+  // the start date. See RecurrenceSectionView's recurrenceMinDate.
+  it("keeps the event's own date selectable when the event ends after midnight", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderRecurrenceSection({ initialDraft: pastMidnightDraft() });
+
+    // Enable recurrence to reveal the "Ends on" picker, then open it via its
+    // input and assert the event's own (start) date is offered, not blocked.
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /edit recurrence/i }));
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("textbox"));
+
+    const ownDate = await screen.findByLabelText(/Monday, August 3rd, 2026/);
+    expect(ownDate.getAttribute("aria-label")).toMatch(/^Choose /);
+    expect(ownDate).not.toHaveClass("react-datepicker__day--disabled");
+    expect(ownDate.getAttribute("aria-disabled")).not.toBe("true");
+  });
+
   it("turning off Repeat on an existing recurring event clears the controls", async () => {
     // Guards against the toggle being a no-op on an edit draft: clearing
     // recurrence used to resolve to "preserve", which read the source
diff --git a/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSectionView.tsx b/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSectionView.tsx
index b5c814efb..6ded81e64 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSectionView.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/views/Forms/EventForm/DateControlsSection/RecurrenceSection/RecurrenceSectionView.tsx
@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ export function RecurrenceSection({
   const { setInterval, setFreq, setWeekDays, setUntil } = recurrenceHook;
   const { weekDays, interval, freq, until, toggleRecurrence } = recurrenceHook;
   const { hasRecurrence } = recurrenceHook;
-  const scheduleEndDate =
-    draft.values.schedule.kind === "allDay"
-      ? dayjs(draft.values.schedule.end).toYearMonthDayString()
-      : dayjs(draft.values.schedule.end).format();
+  // Lower bound for the "Ends on" picker: the recurrence can't stop before the
+  // event's own occurrence, so the floor is the event's *start* date. Anchoring
+  // it to the *end* used to disable the event's own date whenever the event ran
+  // past local midnight (e.g. 23:00-00:30, or anything ending at 00:00 the next
+  // day): the end lands on the following calendar day, and react-datepicker
+  // compares day cells by calendar day, so the start date - the date the user
+  // sees and most naturally reaches for - rendered disabled. A bare
+  // YYYY-MM-DD keeps the bound date-only for both event kinds.
+  const recurrenceMinDate = dayjs(
+    draft.values.schedule.start,
+  ).toYearMonthDayString();
 
   return (
     <div className="flex w-full basis-full flex-col items-center gap-2 p-0">
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ export function RecurrenceSection({
 
           <EndsOnDate
             until={until}
-            minDate={scheduleEndDate}
+            minDate={recurrenceMinDate}
             setUntil={setUntil}
           />
         </>