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Announced · 2027 edition

The biodynamic planting calendar

Planting days for root, leaf, flower and fruit, with constellation, the Moon’s path and phase — for where you are, to the minute. Companion planting, crop rotation, plants and the preparations follow.

Aries 25°Taurus 37°Gemini 28°Cancer 20°Leo 36°Virgo 44°Libra 23°Scorpio 25°Sagittarius 33°Capricorn 28°Aquarius 24°Pisces 37°TodayLibraFlower day
The twelve constellations differ in width: Virgo spans 44 degrees of the ecliptic, Cancer 20. Today the Moon is at 241 degrees, in Libra.

Today in the calendar

This is what today looks like in the app.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Day type

Flower day

Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.

Moon phase

Waxing Moon

28 % · 399,756 km

Moon in the constellation
Libra
Element: Light
Time shares: Libra 1230 minutes · Scorpio 210 minutes
Moon’s path
descending
The Moon is descending: time for planting, transplanting, pruning and compost.
The path is the arc, not the light: ascending does not mean waxing.
Constellation change
  • 20:30LibraScorpio

In the sky

Upcoming sky events

  • November 10, 2026, 00:00Conjunction
  • November 22, 2026, 05:30Planetary parade
  • December 14, 2026, 14:00Meteor shower peak: Geminids
  • December 24, 2026, 01:28Supermoon
  • January 4, 2027, 03:25Meteor shower peak: Quadrantids

This week

The bar shows the day type. If the Moon changes constellation during the day, the time is shown and the bar takes both colours.

Mon14.RootVirgofrom 23:14 Libra
Tue15.FlowerLibra★ undisturbed
Wed16.FlowerLibrafrom 20:30 Scorpio
Thu17.LeafScorpio★ undisturbed
Fri18.LeafScorpiofrom 23:03 SagittariusFirst quarter
Sat19.FruitSagittarius★ undisturbedApogee
Sun20.FruitSagittarius★ undisturbed

The 2027 gardening year

The 2027 edition is calculated and typeset. Three of its figures say the most about work in the beds.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Each line is one day of 2027, in the colour of its day type. The slider below moves through the year.
January 1, 2027 Root day Moon in Virgo · descending
168favourable days

No change of constellation, no node, no perigee, no new or full Moon. The day type holds from morning to evening.

160constellation changes

Each with its time. On these days it pays to check the minute from which the next day type applies.

153crops in the sowing plan

Vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruit, cereals and green manure, each with its sowing window and matching day type.

Root107
Leaf83
Flower78
Fruit97

How the day types are spread across 2027.

What each day shows

A planting calendar is only as good as what it tells you about a single day. This is what you get:

Constellation

Which constellation the Moon is passing through, sidereal, within the boundaries of the International Astronomical Union.

Element and day type

Earth, Water, Light or Warmth, and from that root, leaf, flower or fruit.

Ascending or descending Moon

The Moon’s path above the horizon. It has nothing to do with its light.

Moon phase

In eight steps from new Moon to last quarter.

Constellation changes with their time

Days rarely change at midnight. You get the minute from which the next day type applies.

Sunrise and sunset

For 51° N / 10° E. The printed German edition adds eight cities from Kiel to Zurich.

Moonrise and moonset

When the Moon is in the sky.

Day length

To the minute, with how much it grows or shrinks over the month.

Week number

For planning with anyone who counts in weeks.

What to do today

One line on the day’s work: sowing, planting, pruning, harvesting.

Path and light in September
Celestial equatorHighest pointLowest point1.5.10.15.20.25.30.Light
Above, the phase; below, the path. The Moon climbs from its lowest to its highest point and back down in a little over 27 days. The light takes 29.5 days. The two movements run independently of each other, and the calendar shows them separately.ascendingdescending

What is coming to the calendar

The calendar tells you when. The data for the what is ready and moves into Dyyna piece by piece.

Winter radishGarlicShallotChardRocketMintSageThymeRosemarySweet pepperChilliNettleWormwood13 more from the other directionOnionLeekRadishTomatoChivesDillPeaLettuceBeetrootCarrot

Companion planting

For 79 crops the data shows what grows well next to them and what does not. The tables come from Gertrud Franck and Sister Christa. Each pairing is entered once and works both ways when you look it up, so the carrot finds its neighbours even when the entry sits with the lettuce.

Example: the carrot. Eight neighbours are in its own row, thirteen more come from the rows of other crops.

The preparations

When horn manure goes on grassland, when horn silica goes on cereals, and whether in the morning or the afternoon: the application calendar after Wistinghausen, as printed in the booklet. Each preparation comes with quantity, stirring time and time of day, and the calculator gives the amount for your own area.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Horn manure 500 Grassland, also after every cut Catch crop sowing · grassland Fruit Fruit Spring sowing Autumn sowing In the garden at tillage, sowing and planting Horn silica 501 Meadows and pastures at each regrowth · morning Fruit before and after flowering · morning for ripening, before leaf fall · afternoon Cereals from the 3-leaf stage · morning Winter cereals from 2–3 leaves · morning Cereals at stem extension and flowering · morning Cereals for ripening · afternoon In the garden: vegetables and root crops — mornings at leaf growth and fruit set, afternoons for ripening Valerian 507 Cereals Cereals Fruit and vines — frost protection Seeds, legumes, oil crops Horsetail 508 Garden and field — for plants and fruit prone to fungal disease on the soil on the plants to ripen leaves and strengthen roots — on the soil Compost preparations 502–507 All year round — whenever manure, slurry or any other organic matter builds up. Add as early as possible and repeat after turning the heap or pumping the slurry. Cow pat pit preparation Whenever organic matter goes into the soil, to guide its breakdown. Also to carry the effect of the compost preparations into the soil, into manure and slurry, and into compost making.

Phenology

The garden does not go by the date. Ten phases run through the year, each with its indicator plant: when the forsythia flowers, early spring has begun and carrots and radishes go into the bed — whether that happens in March or not until April.

JFMAMJJASONDPre-springHazel & snowdrops in flowerEarly springForsythia & cherry in flowerFull springApple & lilac in flowerEarly summerElder, black locust & grasses in flowerHigh summerLime in flower, currants ripeLate summerEarly apples ripe, heather in flowerEarly autumnElderberries & horse chestnuts ripeFull autumnWalnuts ripe, leaves turningLate autumnOak & beech shed their leavesWinterDormancy
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44
42
27
18
14
7
5
Vegetables 73Herbs 44Flowers 42Fruit 27Green manure 18Cereals 14Fodder crops 7Oil crops 5

230 crops in the plant database

Look up plants

230 crops with sowing time, growing period, harvest window and day type. Vegetables are the largest group, followed by herbs and flowers; fruit, green manure, cereals, fodder and oil crops make up the rest.

Crop rotation

What comes before and after for 92 crops, plus heavy, medium and light feeders. That lets you plan a bed over several years.

Soil

Ten articles on soil biology and 107 monthly tips on mulch, compost, green manure and water.

Natural pest control

Fifteen measures against slugs, aphids and the other uninvited guests, without chemical sprays.

Festivals and weather lore days

Easter, Advent and the traditional weather lore days through the year, recalculated every year.

Calendar subscription

The days as a subscription for phone, tablet and computer. No app, no account.

How we calculate

The data comes from our own calculation core. What it does is set out in the open.

Lunar position after Meeus

The Moon’s position comes from the formulas of Jean Meeus, cross-checked against astronomy-engine.

Twelve constellations with IAU boundaries

The Moon is shown where it really is. The boundaries are those of the International Astronomical Union, and the calculation is sidereal.

Times where you are

Each page calculates in the time zone of its language. If yours is different, the browser switches over. No account, no second address.

Frequently asked questions

What are planting days?

In a little over 27 days the Moon passes through the twelve constellations. Each belongs to an element, and the element sets the day type: Earth gives a root day, Water a leaf day, Light a flower day, Warmth a fruit day. Sowing carrots on a root day means sowing by these planting days. For 2027 the calendar has 107 root, 83 leaf, 78 flower and 97 fruit days.

Which day type applies today?

Today is shown on the dyyna.bio home page, with constellation, element, phase and the Moon’s path. The time next to it matters: the Moon rarely changes constellation at midnight, and the next day type applies from that moment. In 2027 this happens on 160 days.

What is the difference between an ascending and a waxing Moon?

An ascending Moon rises higher above the horizon day by day; that is its path. A waxing Moon grows brighter; that is its light. The path takes a little over 27 days, the light 29.5, so the two drift apart. Ascending means harvest time, descending means planting time.

Which location do the times refer to?

Each language version calculates in its own time zone, the English one in Europe/London. If your time zone is different, the browser converts the times. You need no account and no second address for that.

Is the 2027 planting calendar available in print?

The 2027 edition is calculated and typeset in German, as an A5 booklet and as a wall poster. There is no publication date yet.

Biodynamic planting calendar 2027 · Dyyna