diff --git a/hooks/use-time-grid-interactions.ts b/hooks/use-time-grid-interactions.ts
index 5b5e1355..e4d992ba 100644
--- a/hooks/use-time-grid-interactions.ts
+++ b/hooks/use-time-grid-interactions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth-store";
 import { useCalendarStore } from "@/stores/calendar-store";
 import { toast } from "@/stores/toast-store";
 import { debug } from "@/lib/debug";
+import { formatIsoInTimeZone } from "@/lib/calendar-utils";
 import type { Calendar } from "@/lib/jmap/types";
 
 interface DragCreateState {
@@ -320,14 +321,18 @@ export function useTimeGridInteractions({
       const minutes = snapDragMinutes(e);
       const newStart = new Date(day);
       newStart.setHours(Math.floor(minutes / 60), minutes % 60, 0, 0);
-      const newStartISO = format(newStart, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+      const event = useCalendarStore.getState().events.find(ev => ev.id === data.eventId);
+      // Emit `start` as a floating wall-clock in the event's own timeZone.
+      // If we used browser-local, the server would reinterpret it in event.timeZone
+      // and shift the event by the offset between the two zones.
+      const eventTimeZone = event?.timeZone || Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone;
+      const newStartISO = formatIsoInTimeZone(newStart, eventTimeZone);
       if (newStartISO === data.originalStart) return;
       const client = useAuthStore.getState().client;
       if (!client) {
         toast.error(errorMessages.move);
         return;
       }
-      const event = useCalendarStore.getState().events.find(ev => ev.id === data.eventId);
       const hasParticipants = event?.participants && Object.keys(event.participants).length > 0;
       await useCalendarStore.getState().updateEvent(client, data.eventId, { start: newStartISO }, hasParticipants || undefined);
     } catch {
diff --git a/lib/calendar-utils.ts b/lib/calendar-utils.ts
index 67b7820c..64179fb3 100644
--- a/lib/calendar-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/calendar-utils.ts
@@ -272,3 +272,22 @@ export function formatSnapTime(minutes: number, timeFormat: "12h" | "24h"): stri
 export function getPrimaryCalendarId(event: Pick<CalendarEvent, 'calendarIds'>): string | undefined {
   return Object.keys(event.calendarIds || {})[0];
 }
+
+export function formatIsoInTimeZone(date: Date, timeZone: string): string {
+  const parts = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
+    timeZone,
+    year: "numeric",
+    month: "2-digit",
+    day: "2-digit",
+    hour: "2-digit",
+    minute: "2-digit",
+    second: "2-digit",
+    hour12: false,
+  }).formatToParts(date);
+  const map: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const part of parts) {
+    if (part.type !== "literal") map[part.type] = part.value;
+  }
+  const hour = map.hour === "24" ? "00" : map.hour;
+  return `${map.year}-${map.month}-${map.day}T${hour}:${map.minute}:${map.second}`;
+}
diff --git a/stores/calendar-store.ts b/stores/calendar-store.ts
index 888f6a00..7d7125bb 100644
--- a/stores/calendar-store.ts
+++ b/stores/calendar-store.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { IJMAPClient } from '@/lib/jmap/client-interface';
 import type { Calendar, CalendarEvent, CalendarParticipant } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
 import { debug } from '@/lib/debug';
 import { normalizeAllDayDuration } from '@/lib/calendar-utils';
+import { parseDuration } from '@/components/calendar/event-card';
 import { sanitizeOutgoingCalendarEventData } from '@/lib/calendar-event-normalization';
 import { expandRecurringEvents } from '@/lib/recurrence-expansion';
 import { generateUUID } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -347,6 +348,14 @@ export const useCalendarStore = create<CalendarStore>()(
                   }
                 }
               }
+              // When duration changes (e.g. resize), recompute utcEnd so the event
+              // renders with the new length immediately without waiting for refresh.
+              if (cleanUpdates.duration !== undefined && merged.utcStart) {
+                const durationMinutes = parseDuration(cleanUpdates.duration);
+                merged.utcEnd = new Date(
+                  new Date(merged.utcStart).getTime() + durationMinutes * 60000,
+                ).toISOString();
+              }
               return merged;
             }),
           }));