Fruit days 2026 in the moon calendar

Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

The biodynamic planting calendar assigns every day to a part of the plant. The deciding factor is the constellation in front of which the moon stands. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius belong to the element Warmth and bring the fruit day. The system goes back to Maria Thun.

The moon passes through the twelve constellations once in a good 27 days. In each round the fruit day comes up three times, about nine days apart. Before it comes the leaf day, after it the root day.

What to do on a fruit day

On a fruit day you sow and plant what is grown for its fruit: tomatoes, beans, grain, fruit. Fruit trees and berry bushes are pruned on a fruit day in the descending moon; citrus and chilli in pots are repotted on a fruit day.

Tomatoes, beans, fruit and berries are harvested on a fruit day, in the ascending moon and in the morning. Horn silica (501) is sprayed on fruit, vines and fruiting vegetables on fruit days in the ascending moon.

According to Pierre Masson, soil work with the moon in Leo wakes many seeds in the soil. Hoeing is therefore better done on a root day.

How long a fruit day lasts

The constellations differ in width across the sky, so the periods differ in length. The moon takes longest to cross Sagittarius, almost three days, and the shortest time to cross Aries. The constellation rarely changes at midnight. The list above gives start and end to the minute.

Hours to avoid

Lunar nodes, perigee, planetary nodes, the occultation of a planet by the moon and eclipses count as unfavourable in the biodynamic calendar, whatever the day type. Which hours these are on a given day is shown in the calendar’s month view.