diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
index b30be369..1e1328e0 100644
--- a/DECISIONS.md
+++ b/DECISIONS.md
@@ -1608,5 +1608,6 @@ One line per decision: `[YYYY-MM-DD] <decision>: <why>`. Appended by agents and
 [2026-09-05] Cross-tab company guard (WL-09) stays a blocking two-exit dialog, founder re-confirmed today after a forensic pass on a real firing (a switch made elsewhere under the same login, no server-side or agent path involved): auto-follow, per-tab company scoping and a reads-continue banner were offered and declined. Only change: the dialog now names the company the other tab switched to (resolved from the memberships the shell already ships to the client, no request), so the two exits read as a choice between two named companies instead of a named one and "the new one".
 [2026-09-05] Björn Lundén connect: a 403 whose body says "out of allowed scope for service provider" is mapped to its own BL_INTEGRATION_NOT_ACTIVATED verdict (the key is right, the company never activated the integration) instead of the generic "leverantören avvisade autentiseringen"; live-verified against a real customer key, where every read endpoint answered exactly that while a made-up key answered 500. Root cause of every failed BL connect in prod (10 consents, only BL's own sandbox company ever got tokens): the integration is still a sandbox listing at BL, so no real company can activate it. Chose a message that names the fix (activate in Lundify, else SIE) over hiding the provider state; the Lundify activation-redirect flow and document/line-level fetching are filed as follow-ups rather than built blind before BL releases the integration.
 [2026-09-05] SIE precheck refuses a closed or locked containing year up front (conflict verdict with the remedy: Öppna igen / Lås upp) instead of letting the voucher RPC fail with the trigger text; the årsredovisning warns when the comparison year has no entries instead of deriving BR comparatives from the IB voucher: derivation would hide that the RR comparatives are still unknown, and manual/IB comparatives after a migration are a product decision (follow-up issue).
+[2026-09-06] Recurring invoice month phase (yearly in February, quarterly Feb/May/Aug/Nov) is exposed as a first/next invoice date (start_date on create, next_run_date on update; web dialog + MCP), not the reporter's "months offset" dropdown: an offset is a derived value relative to now that changes meaning when the interval changes, while the date maps one-to-one onto the next_run_date column that already anchors the phase, so no migration and no per-interval range rules. A date off the day_of_month grid is refused (400) instead of normalized, because the cron advances from the due date and an off-grid first run would drift back to day_of_month on the second run.
 [2026-09-06] Voucher series names live on the existing Verifikationsserier list in settings, not a separate group: the list already enumerates the letters in use, and a name belongs next to the letter it names. Rows are the union of used, configured and named letters so a freshly assigned series can be named before its first verifikat.
 [2026-09-06] Declined the request to import only SIE accounts with IB, UB or saldo <> 0: an inactive account is a harmless row in the chart, and dropping accounts breaks re-imports of later years that reference them. The chart imports whole.
diff --git a/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/__tests__/route.test.ts b/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/__tests__/route.test.ts
index db73561b..3ef014a2 100644
--- a/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,72 @@ describe('PATCH /api/invoices/recurring/[id] reactivation', () => {
     expect(updatePayloads[0]).toEqual({ interval_months: 3 })
   })
 
+  it('writes an explicit future next_run_date verbatim (re-phasing a yearly schedule)', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2027-01-15', day_of_month: 15, interval_months: 12 }
+
+    await PATCH(patchReq({ next_run_date: '2027-02-15' }), params)
+    expect(updatePayloads[0]).toMatchObject({ next_run_date: '2027-02-15' })
+    expect(updatePayloads[0]).not.toHaveProperty('last_run_warning')
+  })
+
+  it('an explicit next_run_date wins over the day_of_month recompute', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2027-01-15', day_of_month: 15, interval_months: 12 }
+
+    await PATCH(patchReq({ day_of_month: 20, next_run_date: '2027-02-20' }), params)
+    expect(updatePayloads[0]).toMatchObject({ day_of_month: 20, next_run_date: '2027-02-20' })
+  })
+
+  it('an explicit next_run_date on reactivation replaces the roll-forward and clears the warning', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2026-01-05', day_of_month: 5, interval_months: 12 }
+
+    await PATCH(patchReq({ status: 'active', next_run_date: '2026-09-05' }), params)
+    expect(updatePayloads[0]).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'active',
+      next_run_date: '2026-09-05',
+      last_run_warning: null,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a next_run_date that is not after today in Stockholm', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2026-08-06', day_of_month: 6, interval_months: 1 }
+
+    // Today is 2026-07-06 in Sweden: same day is refused, so an edit can never
+    // trigger a same-hour send.
+    const res = await PATCH(patchReq({ next_run_date: '2026-07-06' }), params)
+    const { status, body } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string; error: string }>(res)
+    expect(status).toBe(400)
+    expect(body.type).toBe('validation_error')
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/after today/)
+    expect(updatePayloads).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a next_run_date off the day_of_month grid', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2027-01-15', day_of_month: 15, interval_months: 12 }
+
+    const res = await PATCH(patchReq({ next_run_date: '2027-02-14' }), params)
+    const { status, body } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string; error: string }>(res)
+    expect(status).toBe(400)
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/day_of_month/)
+    expect(updatePayloads).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('validates next_run_date against the edited day_of_month, not the stored one', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2027-01-15', day_of_month: 15, interval_months: 12 }
+
+    const res = await PATCH(patchReq({ day_of_month: 20, next_run_date: '2027-02-15' }), params)
+    const { status } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string }>(res)
+    expect(status).toBe(400)
+    expect(updatePayloads).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('returns 404 for next_run_date on a schedule that does not exist', async () => {
+    scheduleRow = null
+
+    const res = await PATCH(patchReq({ next_run_date: '2027-02-15' }), params)
+    const { status } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string }>(res)
+    expect(status).toBe(404)
+  })
+
   it('does not touch next_run_date or warning when pausing', async () => {
     scheduleRow = { next_run_date: '2026-07-05', day_of_month: 5 }
 
diff --git a/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/route.ts b/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/route.ts
index 445df5a4..0cc141ee 100644
--- a/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/invoices/recurring/[id]/route.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   rollNextRunDateForward,
   getStockholmDateHour,
 } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import { runDateMatchesDayOfMonth } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 
 ensureInitialized()
 
@@ -117,8 +118,13 @@ export const PATCH = withRouteContext(
     }
 
     // Recompute next_run_date when either the schedule is being reactivated
-    // (from a stale date) or its day-of-month actually changed via an edit.
-    if (input.status === 'active' || input.day_of_month !== undefined) {
+    // (from a stale date) or its day-of-month actually changed via an edit,
+    // unless the caller re-phases the schedule with an explicit date.
+    if (
+      input.status === 'active' ||
+      input.day_of_month !== undefined ||
+      input.next_run_date !== undefined
+    ) {
       const { data: existing } = await supabase
         .from('recurring_invoice_schedules')
         .select('next_run_date, day_of_month, interval_months')
@@ -141,6 +147,28 @@ export const PATCH = withRouteContext(
       const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
       const stockholmToday = new Date(`${todayStockholm}T00:00:00Z`)
 
+      // An explicit next_run_date is the user re-phasing the schedule (move a
+      // yearly invoice from January to February). It must be on the grid for
+      // the effective day and strictly in the future (same no-surprise-send
+      // rule as the recompute below), and it wins over that recompute.
+      if (input.next_run_date !== undefined) {
+        if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(input.next_run_date, effectiveDay)) {
+          return NextResponse.json(
+            {
+              error: 'next_run_date must fall on day_of_month (clamped to the last day in shorter months)',
+              type: 'validation_error',
+            },
+            { status: 400 },
+          )
+        }
+        if (input.next_run_date <= todayStockholm) {
+          return NextResponse.json(
+            { error: 'next_run_date must be after today', type: 'validation_error' },
+            { status: 400 },
+          )
+        }
+      }
+
       // Recompute to the next STRICTLY-future occurrence (never today, so an
       // edit or reactivation can't trigger a same-hour surprise send; today's
       // invoice is the explicit run-now action instead) when either:
@@ -151,7 +179,7 @@ export const PATCH = withRouteContext(
       // next_run_date alone, so an unrelated edit never skips an imminent
       // send; a changed interval applies from the next run onward.
       const staleOnReactivate = reactivating && existing.next_run_date <= todayStockholm
-      if (staleOnReactivate || dayChanged) {
+      if (input.next_run_date === undefined && (staleOnReactivate || dayChanged)) {
         if (effectiveInterval === 1) {
           // Monthly keeps its long-standing semantics: re-anchor on today so
           // a day edit lands on the new day's nearest future occurrence.
diff --git a/app/api/invoices/recurring/__tests__/route.test.ts b/app/api/invoices/recurring/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 28dfb3b4..6f2987ed 100644
--- a/app/api/invoices/recurring/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/app/api/invoices/recurring/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/tests/helpers'
 import { eventBus } from '@/lib/events'
 
-const { supabase: mockSupabase, enqueue, reset } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+const { supabase: mockSupabase, enqueue, reset, findCall } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
 
 vi.mock('@/lib/supabase/server', () => ({
   createClient: () => Promise.resolve(mockSupabase),
@@ -215,6 +215,83 @@ describe('POST /api/invoices/recurring', () => {
     expect(itemRows[1].dimensions).toEqual({})
   })
 
+  it('rejects a start_date that is not on the day_of_month grid', async () => {
+    enqueue({ data: { id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000' }, error: null })
+
+    const request = createMockRequest('/api/invoices/recurring', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: {
+        customer_id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
+        name: 'Årsavgift',
+        day_of_month: 15,
+        interval_months: 12,
+        start_date: '2999-02-14',
+        items: [{ description: 'Licens', quantity: 1, unit: 'st', unit_price: 12000 }],
+      },
+    })
+    const response = await POST(request, { params: Promise.resolve({}) })
+    const { status, body } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string; error: string }>(response)
+    expect(status).toBe(400)
+    expect(body.type).toBe('validation_error')
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/day_of_month/)
+    expect(findCall('recurring_invoice_schedules', 'insert')).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a start_date in the past', async () => {
+    enqueue({ data: { id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000' }, error: null })
+
+    const request = createMockRequest('/api/invoices/recurring', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: {
+        customer_id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
+        name: 'Årsavgift',
+        day_of_month: 15,
+        interval_months: 12,
+        start_date: '2020-02-15',
+        items: [{ description: 'Licens', quantity: 1, unit: 'st', unit_price: 12000 }],
+      },
+    })
+    const response = await POST(request, { params: Promise.resolve({}) })
+    const { status, body } = await parseJsonResponse<{ type: string; error: string }>(response)
+    expect(status).toBe(400)
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/past/)
+    expect(findCall('recurring_invoice_schedules', 'insert')).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('uses an explicit start_date as the first run so a yearly schedule keeps its month', async () => {
+    const createdSchedule = {
+      id: 's-2',
+      company_id: 'company-1',
+      customer_id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
+      name: 'Årsavgift',
+      day_of_month: 15,
+      interval_months: 12,
+      next_run_date: '2999-02-15',
+      status: 'active',
+    }
+    enqueue({ data: { id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000' }, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: createdSchedule, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: null, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: { ...createdSchedule, items: [] }, error: null })
+
+    const request = createMockRequest('/api/invoices/recurring', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: {
+        customer_id: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
+        name: 'Årsavgift',
+        day_of_month: 15,
+        interval_months: 12,
+        start_date: '2999-02-15',
+        items: [{ description: 'Licens', quantity: 1, unit: 'st', unit_price: 12000 }],
+      },
+    })
+    const response = await POST(request, { params: Promise.resolve({}) })
+    const { status } = await parseJsonResponse<{ data: { id: string } }>(response)
+    expect(status).toBe(201)
+    const insertArgs = findCall('recurring_invoice_schedules', 'insert')
+    expect(insertArgs?.[0]).toMatchObject({ next_run_date: '2999-02-15', interval_months: 12 })
+  })
+
   it('creates a schedule on the happy path', async () => {
     const createdSchedule = {
       id: 's-1',
diff --git a/app/api/invoices/recurring/route.ts b/app/api/invoices/recurring/route.ts
index d421be26..b040ee90 100644
--- a/app/api/invoices/recurring/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/invoices/recurring/route.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { ensureInitialized } from '@/lib/init'
 import { withRouteContext } from '@/lib/api/with-route-context'
 import { errorResponse } from '@/lib/errors/get-structured-error'
 import { CreateRecurringScheduleSchema } from '@/lib/api/schemas'
-import { computeInitialRunDate } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import {
+  computeInitialRunDate,
+  getStockholmDateHour,
+} from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import { runDateMatchesDayOfMonth } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 
 ensureInitialized()
 
@@ -89,6 +93,30 @@ export const POST = withRouteContext(
       )
     }
 
+    // An explicit first run date fixes the month phase (yearly in February,
+    // quarterly Feb/May/Aug/Nov). It must sit on the schedule grid, or the
+    // cron would drift back to day_of_month after the first run, and it
+    // cannot be in the past: the dialog prefills the next occurrence, so a
+    // past date is a stale form, not an intent to backfill.
+    if (input.start_date !== undefined) {
+      if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(input.start_date, input.day_of_month)) {
+        return NextResponse.json(
+          {
+            error: 'start_date must fall on day_of_month (clamped to the last day in shorter months)',
+            type: 'validation_error',
+          },
+          { status: 400 },
+        )
+      }
+      const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
+      if (input.start_date < todayStockholm) {
+        return NextResponse.json(
+          { error: 'start_date cannot be in the past', type: 'validation_error' },
+          { status: 400 },
+        )
+      }
+    }
+
     const nextRunDate = computeInitialRunDate(
       new Date(),
       input.day_of_month,
diff --git a/components/invoices/NewRecurringScheduleDialog.tsx b/components/invoices/NewRecurringScheduleDialog.tsx
index 43fa6710..54e8cab3 100644
--- a/components/invoices/NewRecurringScheduleDialog.tsx
+++ b/components/invoices/NewRecurringScheduleDialog.tsx
@@ -30,12 +30,48 @@ import { CAPABILITY } from '@/lib/entitlements/keys'
 import { UpgradeNote } from '@/components/billing/UpgradeNote'
 import { Plus, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { Customer, Currency, RecurringInvoiceSchedule } from '@/types'
-import { formatCurrency } from '@/lib/utils'
+import { formatCurrency, formatDate } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { getErrorMessage as getUserErrorMessage } from '@/lib/errors/get-error-message'
+import { ISO_DATE_RE } from '@/lib/invariants'
+import {
+  alignRunDateToDay,
+  getStockholmDateHour,
+  isoFromParts,
+  lastDayOfMonth,
+  parseIsoDate,
+  projectRunDates,
+  runDateMatchesDayOfMonth,
+} from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 
 const currencies: Currency[] = ['SEK', 'EUR', 'USD', 'GBP', 'NOK', 'DKK']
 const units = ['st', 'tim', 'dag', 'månad', 'km', 'kg']
 
+/**
+ * Today as yyyy-mm-dd in Europe/Stockholm: the calendar the server validates
+ * against. The browser's own zone must not leak in, or a user west of Sweden
+ * late in the evening would pass client validation and get a 400.
+ */
+function stockholmTodayIso(): string {
+  return getStockholmDateHour(new Date()).date
+}
+
+/**
+ * Client-side twin of computeInitialRunDate on Stockholm's calendar: this
+ * month's occurrence of day_of_month if it has not passed, otherwise next
+ * month's. Prefills the date field so the default is "no offset", exactly
+ * what the server would pick when start_date is omitted.
+ */
+function defaultRunDate(dayOfMonth: number): string {
+  const today = parseIsoDate(stockholmTodayIso())
+  if (!today) return ''
+  const { year: y, month0: m, day: todayDay } = today
+  const thisMonthDay = Math.min(dayOfMonth, lastDayOfMonth(y, m))
+  if (todayDay <= thisMonthDay) return isoFromParts(y, m, thisMonthDay)
+  const ny = m === 11 ? y + 1 : y
+  const nm = (m + 1) % 12
+  return isoFromParts(ny, nm, Math.min(dayOfMonth, lastDayOfMonth(ny, nm)))
+}
+
 interface Props {
   open: boolean
   onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void
@@ -108,21 +144,62 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
         .nullable()
         .optional(),
     })
-    return z.object({
-      customer_id: z.string().uuid(t('validation_customer_required')),
-      name: z.string().min(1, t('validation_name_required')),
-      day_of_month: z.number().int().min(1).max(31),
-      interval_months: z.number().int().min(1).max(12),
-      send_hour: z.number().int().min(0).max(23),
-      payment_terms_days: z.number().int().min(0).max(90),
-      currency: z.enum(['SEK', 'EUR', 'USD', 'GBP', 'NOK', 'DKK']),
-      auto_send: z.boolean(),
-      your_reference: z.string().optional(),
-      our_reference: z.string().optional(),
-      notes: z.string().optional(),
-      items: z.array(itemSchema).min(1, t('validation_min_one_row')),
-    })
-  }, [t])
+    return z
+      .object({
+        customer_id: z.string().uuid(t('validation_customer_required')),
+        name: z.string().min(1, t('validation_name_required')),
+        day_of_month: z.number().int().min(1).max(31),
+        interval_months: z.number().int().min(1).max(12),
+        // First run (create) or next run (edit). The month is what the user
+        // is really choosing: it fixes the phase of a quarterly/yearly
+        // schedule ("bill in February"). Sent as start_date / next_run_date.
+        run_date: z.string().regex(ISO_DATE_RE, t('validation_run_date_required')),
+        send_hour: z.number().int().min(0).max(23),
+        payment_terms_days: z.number().int().min(0).max(90),
+        currency: z.enum(['SEK', 'EUR', 'USD', 'GBP', 'NOK', 'DKK']),
+        auto_send: z.boolean(),
+        your_reference: z.string().optional(),
+        our_reference: z.string().optional(),
+        notes: z.string().optional(),
+        items: z.array(itemSchema).min(1, t('validation_min_one_row')),
+      })
+      .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
+        if (!ISO_DATE_RE.test(data.run_date)) return
+        // Mirrors the API: the date must sit on the schedule grid for the
+        // chosen day (the field syncs with day_of_month, so this only fires
+        // on a hand-typed mismatch), and it may not be in the past. An edit
+        // that keeps the stored date is not re-validated: a paused schedule
+        // with a stale date is reactivated by the server's roll-forward.
+        if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(data.run_date, data.day_of_month)) {
+          ctx.addIssue({
+            code: 'custom',
+            path: ['run_date'],
+            message: t('validation_run_date_grid', { day: data.day_of_month }),
+          })
+          return
+        }
+        const today = stockholmTodayIso()
+        if (schedule) {
+          // The stored date, moved onto the grid for the (possibly edited)
+          // day, is the "unchanged" reference: a day-only edit keeps the
+          // server's own recompute and is not a re-phase.
+          const unchanged = alignRunDateToDay(schedule.next_run_date, data.day_of_month)
+          if (data.run_date !== unchanged && data.run_date <= today) {
+            ctx.addIssue({
+              code: 'custom',
+              path: ['run_date'],
+              message: t('validation_run_date_not_future'),
+            })
+          }
+        } else if (data.run_date < today) {
+          ctx.addIssue({
+            code: 'custom',
+            path: ['run_date'],
+            message: t('validation_run_date_past'),
+          })
+        }
+      })
+  }, [t, schedule])
 
   type FormData = z.infer<typeof schema>
 
@@ -141,6 +218,7 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
           name: schedule.name,
           day_of_month: schedule.day_of_month,
           interval_months: schedule.interval_months ?? 1,
+          run_date: schedule.next_run_date,
           send_hour: schedule.send_hour ?? 8,
           payment_terms_days: schedule.payment_terms_days,
           currency: schedule.currency,
@@ -166,6 +244,7 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
           name: '',
           day_of_month: 15,
           interval_months: 1,
+          run_date: defaultRunDate(15),
           send_hour: 8,
           payment_terms_days: 30,
           currency: 'SEK',
@@ -190,12 +269,23 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
   async function onSubmit(data: FormData) {
     setIsSubmitting(true)
     try {
+      const { run_date, ...rest } = data
+      // Create: the chosen date is the first run. Edit: only send it when the
+      // user re-phased the schedule (a different month/year than the stored
+      // date aligned to the chosen day), so an unrelated edit, a day-only
+      // edit or a reactivation keeps the server's own recompute and never
+      // re-sends a stale date.
+      const rePhased =
+        !!schedule && run_date !== alignRunDateToDay(schedule.next_run_date, rest.day_of_month)
+      const body = schedule
+        ? { ...rest, ...(rePhased ? { next_run_date: run_date } : {}) }
+        : { ...rest, start_date: run_date }
       const res = await fetch(
         schedule ? `/api/invoices/recurring/${schedule.id}` : '/api/invoices/recurring',
         {
           method: schedule ? 'PATCH' : 'POST',
           headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-          body: JSON.stringify(data),
+          body: JSON.stringify(body),
         },
       )
       if (!res.ok) {
@@ -237,6 +327,24 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
 
   const items = watch('items')
   const watchCurrency = watch('currency')
+  const watchDay = watch('day_of_month')
+  const watchInterval = watch('interval_months')
+  const watchRunDate = watch('run_date')
+  // Keep the date on the schedule grid when the day field changes: same
+  // month, day moved to the new day_of_month (clamped). The reverse sync
+  // (date -> day) lives in the date field's onChange.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!Number.isInteger(watchDay) || watchDay < 1 || watchDay > 31) return
+    const aligned = alignRunDateToDay(watchRunDate, watchDay)
+    if (aligned !== watchRunDate) setValue('run_date', aligned, { shouldValidate: true })
+    // watchRunDate is deliberately not a dependency: the effect exists to
+    // react to the day, not to re-run on every date keystroke.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [watchDay, setValue])
+  const upcomingRuns =
+    Number.isInteger(watchDay) && watchInterval >= 1
+      ? projectRunDates(watchRunDate, watchDay, watchInterval, 4).slice(1)
+      : []
   // Automatic sending requires a customer email; without one the cron would
   // just produce a monthly draft + warning. Block it at the source.
   const watchCustomerId = watch('customer_id')
@@ -360,6 +468,44 @@ function NewRecurringScheduleForm({
                 {t('day_hint')}
               </p>
             </div>
+            <div>
+              <Label htmlFor="run_date">
+                {schedule ? t('run_date_edit_label') : t('run_date_label')}
+              </Label>
+              <Controller
+                control={control}
+                name="run_date"
+                render={({ field }) => (
+                  <Input
+                    id="run_date"
+                    type="date"
+                    className="tabular-nums"
+                    value={field.value}
+                    onBlur={field.onBlur}
+                    onChange={(e) => {
+                      const next = e.target.value
+                      field.onChange(next)
+                      // Picking a day that is not where day_of_month lands in
+                      // that month means the user changed the day too, so
+                      // follow it. Feb 28 with day 31 stays 31 (clamped hit).
+                      const parsed = parseIsoDate(next)
+                      if (parsed && !runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(next, watchDay)) {
+                        setValue('day_of_month', parsed.day, { shouldValidate: true })
+                      }
+                    }}
+                  />
+                )}
+              />
+              {errors.run_date ? (
+                <p className="text-sm text-destructive mt-1">{errors.run_date.message}</p>
+              ) : (
+                <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mt-1">
+                  {upcomingRuns.length > 0
+                    ? t('upcoming_runs', { dates: upcomingRuns.map((d) => formatDate(d)).join(', ') })
+                    : t('run_date_hint')}
+                </p>
+              )}
+            </div>
             <div>
               <Label htmlFor="send_hour">{t('send_hour_label')}</Label>
               <Controller
diff --git a/extensions/general/mcp-server/__tests__/recurring-schedule-tools.test.ts b/extensions/general/mcp-server/__tests__/recurring-schedule-tools.test.ts
index de40e821..3a4916bd 100644
--- a/extensions/general/mcp-server/__tests__/recurring-schedule-tools.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/general/mcp-server/__tests__/recurring-schedule-tools.test.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,37 @@ describe('gnubok_create_recurring_schedule: validation and staging', () => {
     expect(supabase.from).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
+  it('rejects a start_date off the day_of_month grid at staging, before writing anything', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: { id: CUSTOMER_ID, name: 'Test Customer AB', email: 'billing@example.test' } })
+
+    await expect(
+      createTool().execute(
+        { ...validArgs, day_of_month: 1, start_date: '2999-09-10' },
+        'company-1',
+        'user-1',
+        supabase as never,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/day_of_month/)
+    // Customer lookup only; no pending_operations insert.
+    expect(supabase.from).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a start_date in the past at staging', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: { id: CUSTOMER_ID, name: 'Test Customer AB', email: 'billing@example.test' } })
+
+    await expect(
+      createTool().execute(
+        { ...validArgs, day_of_month: 25, start_date: '2020-01-25' },
+        'company-1',
+        'user-1',
+        supabase as never,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/past/)
+    expect(supabase.from).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
   it('stages the schedule for approval at medium risk', async () => {
     const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
     enqueue({ data: { id: CUSTOMER_ID, name: 'Test Customer AB', email: 'billing@example.test' } })
@@ -347,6 +378,86 @@ describe('gnubok_update_recurring_schedule: validation and staging', () => {
     expect(result.preview.current.recurring_schedule_id).toBe(SCHEDULE_ID)
   })
 
+  it('stages an explicit next_run_date so an agent can re-phase a yearly schedule', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: currentSchedule({ interval_months: 12 }) })
+    enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-5' } })
+
+    const result = (await updateTool().execute(
+      { schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID, next_run_date: '2999-02-25' },
+      'company-1',
+      'user-1',
+      supabase as never,
+    )) as {
+      staged: boolean
+      preview: { current: Record<string, unknown>; proposed: Record<string, unknown> }
+    }
+
+    expect(result.staged).toBe(true)
+    expect(result.preview.current.next_run_date).toBe('2999-01-25')
+    expect(result.preview.proposed.next_run_date).toBe('2999-02-25')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a next_run_date off the effective day_of_month grid at staging', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: currentSchedule({ day_of_month: 15 }) })
+
+    await expect(
+      updateTool().execute(
+        { schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID, next_run_date: '2999-11-01' },
+        'company-1',
+        'user-1',
+        supabase as never,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/day_of_month 15/)
+    expect(supabase.from).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('validates next_run_date against a day_of_month changed in the same call', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: currentSchedule({ day_of_month: 15 }) })
+    enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-6' } })
+
+    const result = (await updateTool().execute(
+      { schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID, day_of_month: 1, next_run_date: '2999-11-01' },
+      'company-1',
+      'user-1',
+      supabase as never,
+    )) as { staged: boolean; preview: { proposed: Record<string, unknown> } }
+
+    expect(result.staged).toBe(true)
+    expect(result.preview.proposed).toMatchObject({ day_of_month: 1, next_run_date: '2999-11-01' })
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a next_run_date that is not after today at staging', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: currentSchedule() })
+
+    await expect(
+      updateTool().execute(
+        { schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID, next_run_date: '2020-01-25' },
+        'company-1',
+        'user-1',
+        supabase as never,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/after today/)
+    expect(supabase.from).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a malformed next_run_date before querying the database', async () => {
+    const { supabase } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+
+    await expect(
+      updateTool().execute(
+        { schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID, next_run_date: 'februari', dry_run: true },
+        'company-1',
+        'user-1',
+        supabase as never,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/next_run_date/i)
+    expect(supabase.from).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('previews an item replace against the current lines', async () => {
     const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
     enqueue({ data: currentSchedule() })
diff --git a/extensions/general/mcp-server/server.ts b/extensions/general/mcp-server/server.ts
index a7c50c5a..7ded7280 100644
--- a/extensions/general/mcp-server/server.ts
+++ b/extensions/general/mcp-server/server.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ import {
   CreateRecurringScheduleParamsSchema,
   UpdateRecurringScheduleParamsSchema,
 } from '@/lib/pending-operations/schemas/recurring-schedule'
-import { computeInitialRunDate } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import { computeInitialRunDate, getStockholmDateHour } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import { runDateMatchesDayOfMonth } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 import { UpdateInvoiceParamsSchema } from '@/lib/pending-operations/schemas/update-invoice'
 import { isEditableInvoiceDraft } from '@/lib/invoices/is-editable-draft'
 import { effectiveQuoteStatus } from '@/lib/invoices/quote-status'
@@ -20900,7 +20901,10 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
           type: 'boolean',
           description: 'Default false: invoices are created as drafts for manual review. true emails every generated invoice to the customer with no further approval; requires the customer to have an email address.',
         },
-        start_date: { type: 'string', description: 'YYYY-MM-DD first run date. Omit to run on the next occurrence of day_of_month.' },
+        start_date: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'YYYY-MM-DD first run date; fixes the month phase of a quarterly/yearly schedule (e.g. 2027-02-15 with interval_months 12 = every February). Must fall on day_of_month (clamped in shorter months) and not be in the past. Omit to run on the next occurrence of day_of_month.',
+        },
         default_dimensions: {
           type: 'object',
           additionalProperties: { type: 'string' },
@@ -21006,6 +21010,21 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
         throw new Error('Customer has no email address: auto_send requires one. Stage with auto_send=false or add an email first.')
       }
 
+      // Same rules the create route enforces, applied at staging so the
+      // preview the human approves is what the commit executor will write:
+      // an off-grid or past start_date must fail here, not after approval.
+      if (params.start_date !== undefined) {
+        if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(params.start_date, params.day_of_month)) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `start_date ${params.start_date} does not fall on day_of_month ${params.day_of_month} (clamped to the last day in shorter months). Pick a date on that day or change day_of_month.`,
+          )
+        }
+        const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
+        if (params.start_date < todayStockholm) {
+          throw new Error(`start_date ${params.start_date} is in the past (today in Europe/Stockholm is ${todayStockholm}).`)
+        }
+      }
+
       const monthlyTotalExclVat =
         Math.round(params.items.reduce((sum, it) => sum + it.quantity * it.unit_price, 0) * 100) / 100
 
@@ -21054,7 +21073,7 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
     name: 'gnubok_update_recurring_schedule',
     keywords: ['återkommande faktura', 'stående faktura'],
     title: 'Update Recurring Invoice Schedule',
-    description: 'Stage an update to a recurring invoice schedule (schedule_id from gnubok_list_recurring_schedules). Pause/resume via status. items replace all lines; omit to keep them. day_of_month clamps to the last day in shorter months; send_hour is a whole hour in Europe/Stockholm.',
+    description: 'Stage an update to a recurring invoice schedule (schedule_id from gnubok_list_recurring_schedules). status pauses/resumes; items replace all lines; day_of_month clamps to the last day in shorter months; next_run_date re-phases (yearly in February); send_hour is Europe/Stockholm.',
     outputSchema: STAGED_OPERATION_SCHEMA,
     inputSchema: {
       type: 'object',
@@ -21090,6 +21109,10 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
           enum: ['active', 'paused'],
           description: 'paused stops generating invoices; active resumes. Reactivating from a stale date rolls next_run_date to the next future occurrence, never today.',
         },
+        next_run_date: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'YYYY-MM-DD explicit next run; re-phases the schedule (e.g. move a yearly invoice to February). Must fall on the effective day_of_month (clamped in shorter months) and be after today in Europe/Stockholm. Wins over the automatic recompute.',
+        },
         default_dimensions: {
           type: 'object',
           additionalProperties: { type: 'string' },
@@ -21160,6 +21183,7 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
         'notes',
         'auto_send',
         'status',
+        'next_run_date',
       ]) {
         if (args[key] !== undefined) changes[key] = args[key]
       }
@@ -21218,6 +21242,23 @@ export const tools: McpTool[] = [
         }
       }
 
+      // Same rules the PATCH route enforces, applied at staging so the
+      // proposed next_run_date in the preview is exactly what gets written
+      // on approval (the executor only rolls a date that went stale while
+      // waiting for approval; it never silently moves a date staged today).
+      if (parsedChanges.next_run_date !== undefined) {
+        const effectiveDay = parsedChanges.day_of_month ?? (current.day_of_month as number)
+        if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(parsedChanges.next_run_date, effectiveDay)) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `next_run_date ${parsedChanges.next_run_date} does not fall on day_of_month ${effectiveDay} (clamped to the last day in shorter months). Pick a date on that day or change day_of_month in the same call.`,
+          )
+        }
+        const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
+        if (parsedChanges.next_run_date <= todayStockholm) {
+          throw new Error(`next_run_date must be after today in Europe/Stockholm (${todayStockholm}).`)
+        }
+      }
+
       const currentItems = ((current.items as Array<Record<string, unknown>>) ?? [])
         .slice()
         .sort((a, b) => Number(a.sort_order) - Number(b.sort_order))
diff --git a/lib/api/schemas.ts b/lib/api/schemas.ts
index b22d8ac5..27b9aa6d 100644
--- a/lib/api/schemas.ts
+++ b/lib/api/schemas.ts
@@ -876,7 +876,9 @@ export const CreateRecurringScheduleSchema = z.object({
   // Copied onto invoices.default_dimensions for every generated invoice.
   default_dimensions: DimensionsBagSchema.optional(),
   // Optional: when to first run. Defaults to next occurrence of day_of_month
-  // (today if day_of_month === today, otherwise next month).
+  // (today if day_of_month === today, otherwise next month). Fixes the month
+  // phase of a quarterly/yearly schedule ("bill in February"); must be on the
+  // schedule grid (day = day_of_month clamped) and not in the past.
   start_date: isoDate.optional(),
   items: z.array(RecurringScheduleItemSchema).min(1, 'At least one item is required'),
 })
@@ -896,6 +898,11 @@ export const UpdateRecurringScheduleSchema = z.object({
   notes: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   auto_send: z.boolean().optional(),
   status: z.enum(['active', 'paused']).optional(),
+  // Explicit next run date: re-phases the schedule (e.g. move a yearly
+  // schedule from January to February). Must be on the schedule grid for
+  // the effective day_of_month and strictly after today in Stockholm; wins
+  // over the automatic recompute a day_of_month edit or reactivation does.
+  next_run_date: isoDate.optional(),
   // Replaces the whole bag if provided ({} clears all tags). Omit to keep.
   default_dimensions: DimensionsBagSchema.optional(),
   // Replace all items if provided. Omit to keep existing items unchanged.
diff --git a/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-run-date.test.ts b/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-run-date.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91a79424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-run-date.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  alignRunDateToDay,
+  projectRunDates,
+  runDateMatchesDayOfMonth,
+} from '../recurring-run-date'
+
+describe('runDateMatchesDayOfMonth', () => {
+  it('accepts a date on the exact day', () => {
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-02-15', 15)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('accepts the clamped last day in a shorter month', () => {
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-02-28', 31)).toBe(true)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2028-02-29', 31)).toBe(true)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-04-30', 31)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a day that is not where day_of_month lands', () => {
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-02-14', 15)).toBe(false)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-03-30', 31)).toBe(false)
+    // 28 is not the clamp of 31 in a 31-day month.
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-01-28', 31)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects malformed or calendar-invalid dates', () => {
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-2-15', 15)).toBe(false)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-13-15', 15)).toBe(false)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('2027-02-31', 31)).toBe(false)
+    expect(runDateMatchesDayOfMonth('', 15)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('alignRunDateToDay', () => {
+  it('moves the day within the same month', () => {
+    expect(alignRunDateToDay('2027-02-15', 20)).toBe('2027-02-20')
+  })
+
+  it('clamps to the last day of the month', () => {
+    expect(alignRunDateToDay('2027-02-15', 31)).toBe('2027-02-28')
+  })
+
+  it('returns the input unchanged when it is not a date', () => {
+    expect(alignRunDateToDay('', 20)).toBe('')
+    expect(alignRunDateToDay('nope', 20)).toBe('nope')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('projectRunDates', () => {
+  it('projects a yearly schedule on its February phase', () => {
+    expect(projectRunDates('2027-02-15', 15, 12, 3)).toEqual([
+      '2027-02-15',
+      '2028-02-15',
+      '2029-02-15',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('projects a quarterly schedule and clamps day 31', () => {
+    expect(projectRunDates('2027-02-28', 31, 3, 4)).toEqual([
+      '2027-02-28',
+      '2027-05-31',
+      '2027-08-31',
+      '2027-11-30',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('rolls over the year boundary for a monthly schedule', () => {
+    expect(projectRunDates('2027-11-05', 5, 1, 3)).toEqual([
+      '2027-11-05',
+      '2027-12-05',
+      '2028-01-05',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('returns an empty list for an unparseable first date', () => {
+    expect(projectRunDates('', 15, 12, 3)).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date.ts b/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..758c22c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+ * Pure date helpers for recurring invoice schedules that are safe to import
+ * from client components (no Supabase, PDF or email imports). The cron-side
+ * service (recurring-schedule-service.ts) builds on the same primitives so
+ * the dialog, the routes and the cron agree on what "the schedule's grid"
+ * means: every run date has day = min(day_of_month, last day of that month),
+ * and the month phase is fixed by the first run date.
+ */
+
+import { ISO_DATE_RE } from '@/lib/invariants'
+
+/** Last day of the month (1-indexed result, 0-indexed month). */
+export function lastDayOfMonth(year: number, monthIndex0: number): number {
+  // Day 0 of next month = last day of this month.
+  return new Date(Date.UTC(year, monthIndex0 + 1, 0)).getUTCDate()
+}
+
+export function isoFromParts(year: number, monthIndex0: number, day: number): string {
+  const yyyy = year.toString().padStart(4, '0')
+  const mm = (monthIndex0 + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0')
+  const dd = day.toString().padStart(2, '0')
+  return `${yyyy}-${mm}-${dd}`
+}
+
+/** Calendar-validated parts of a yyyy-mm-dd string, or null. */
+export function parseIsoDate(iso: string): { year: number; month0: number; day: number } | null {
+  if (!ISO_DATE_RE.test(iso)) return null
+  const year = Number(iso.slice(0, 4))
+  const month0 = Number(iso.slice(5, 7)) - 1
+  const day = Number(iso.slice(8, 10))
+  if (month0 < 0 || month0 > 11 || day < 1 || day > lastDayOfMonth(year, month0)) return null
+  return { year, month0, day }
+}
+
+/**
+ * True when `iso` is a calendar-valid date whose day is exactly where the
+ * schedule's day_of_month lands in that month (31 -> 28/29/30 in shorter
+ * months). A run date off the grid would make the cron's "advance one
+ * interval from the due date" step drift to day_of_month on the next run,
+ * so both write paths refuse it instead of silently normalizing.
+ */
+export function runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(iso: string, dayOfMonth: number): boolean {
+  const parsed = parseIsoDate(iso)
+  if (!parsed) return false
+  return parsed.day === Math.min(dayOfMonth, lastDayOfMonth(parsed.year, parsed.month0))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Same year-month as `iso`, day moved onto the schedule grid for
+ * day_of_month. Used by the dialog to keep the date field in step when the
+ * user edits the day. Returns `iso` unchanged when it is not parseable.
+ */
+export function alignRunDateToDay(iso: string, dayOfMonth: number): string {
+  const parsed = parseIsoDate(iso)
+  if (!parsed) return iso
+  return isoFromParts(
+    parsed.year,
+    parsed.month0,
+    Math.min(dayOfMonth, lastDayOfMonth(parsed.year, parsed.month0)),
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * The first `count` run dates starting at `firstIso` and stepping
+ * interval_months on the grid. Preview only (the cron computes each next
+ * date from the actual due date); returns [] for an unparseable first date.
+ */
+export function projectRunDates(
+  firstIso: string,
+  dayOfMonth: number,
+  intervalMonths: number,
+  count: number,
+): string[] {
+  const parsed = parseIsoDate(firstIso)
+  if (!parsed || count <= 0) return []
+  const out: string[] = [firstIso]
+  let { year, month0 } = parsed
+  while (out.length < count) {
+    const m = month0 + intervalMonths
+    year += Math.floor(m / 12)
+    month0 = m % 12
+    out.push(isoFromParts(year, month0, Math.min(dayOfMonth, lastDayOfMonth(year, month0))))
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the calendar date (yyyy-mm-dd) and hour (0-23) in Europe/Stockholm
+ * for a given instant. The recurring cron runs in UTC on Vercel and the
+ * dialog runs in whatever zone the browser is in, but users pick dates and a
+ * send hour in Swedish local time, so every surface asks "what day and hour
+ * is it in Sweden right now" through this one function. Uses Intl (DST-aware,
+ * no extra dependency); en-CA + hourCycle 'h23' guarantees zero-padded
+ * ISO-shaped parts and a 0-23 hour.
+ */
+export function getStockholmDateHour(instant: Date): { date: string; hour: number } {
+  const parts = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-CA', {
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Stockholm',
+    year: 'numeric',
+    month: '2-digit',
+    day: '2-digit',
+    hour: '2-digit',
+    hourCycle: 'h23',
+  }).formatToParts(instant)
+  const get = (type: string) => parts.find((p) => p.type === type)?.value ?? ''
+  return {
+    date: `${get('year')}-${get('month')}-${get('day')}`,
+    hour: Number(get('hour')),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts b/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
index 85a62e86..4e203603 100644
--- a/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
+++ b/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ import {
 import { snapshotInvoicePayee } from '@/lib/invoices/invoice-payee'
 import { hasRequiredSellerVatNumber } from '@/lib/invoices/seller-vat-number'
 import { createLogger } from '@/lib/logger'
+import { lastDayOfMonth, isoFromParts } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
+
+// Lives in the client-safe module now (the dialog needs Stockholm's calendar
+// day too); re-exported so the cron, routes and executors keep importing it
+// from here.
+export { getStockholmDateHour } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 import type {
   Invoice,
   InvoiceItem,
@@ -74,22 +80,6 @@ export interface ExecuteResult {
   warning: string | null
 }
 
-/**
- * Last day of the month for the given year/month (1-indexed month).
- * Used to clamp day_of_month values >28 in shorter months.
- */
-function lastDayOfMonth(year: number, monthIndex0: number): number {
-  // Day 0 of next month = last day of this month.
-  return new Date(Date.UTC(year, monthIndex0 + 1, 0)).getUTCDate()
-}
-
-function isoFromParts(year: number, monthIndex0: number, day: number): string {
-  const yyyy = year.toString().padStart(4, '0')
-  const mm = (monthIndex0 + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0')
-  const dd = day.toString().padStart(2, '0')
-  return `${yyyy}-${mm}-${dd}`
-}
-
 function assertValidCadence(dayOfMonth: number, intervalMonths: number): void {
   if (!Number.isInteger(dayOfMonth) || dayOfMonth < 1 || dayOfMonth > 31) {
     throw new Error(`invalid day_of_month: ${dayOfMonth}`)
@@ -204,29 +194,6 @@ export function computeInitialRunDate(
   return computeNextRunDate(today, dayOfMonth)
 }
 
-/**
- * Resolve the calendar date (yyyy-mm-dd) and hour (0-23) in Europe/Stockholm
- * for a given instant. The recurring cron runs in UTC on Vercel, but users
- * pick a send time in Swedish local time, so we need "what day and hour is it
- * in Sweden right now". Uses Intl (DST-aware, no extra dependency); en-CA +
- * hourCycle 'h23' guarantees zero-padded ISO-shaped parts and a 0-23 hour.
- */
-export function getStockholmDateHour(instant: Date): { date: string; hour: number } {
-  const parts = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-CA', {
-    timeZone: 'Europe/Stockholm',
-    year: 'numeric',
-    month: '2-digit',
-    day: '2-digit',
-    hour: '2-digit',
-    hourCycle: 'h23',
-  }).formatToParts(instant)
-  const get = (type: string) => parts.find((p) => p.type === type)?.value ?? ''
-  return {
-    date: `${get('year')}-${get('month')}-${get('day')}`,
-    hour: Number(get('hour')),
-  }
-}
-
 export interface ExecuteScheduleOptions {
   /**
    * Defence-in-depth sandbox suppression (ASVS V2.3): callers that resolved
diff --git a/lib/pending-operations/__tests__/recurring-schedule-executors.test.ts b/lib/pending-operations/__tests__/recurring-schedule-executors.test.ts
index f5bbe7e8..0d3b2996 100644
--- a/lib/pending-operations/__tests__/recurring-schedule-executors.test.ts
+++ b/lib/pending-operations/__tests__/recurring-schedule-executors.test.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,24 @@ describe('commitPendingOperation: create_recurring_schedule', () => {
     expect(result.error).toMatch(/email/i)
   })
 
+  it('rejects a start_date off the day_of_month grid at commit', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' } }) // claim
+    enqueue({ data: { id: CUSTOMER_ID, email: null } }) // customer
+    enqueue({ data: null }) // status update
+
+    const result = await commitPendingOperation(
+      supabase as never,
+      'user-1',
+      'company-1',
+      makePendingOp('create_recurring_schedule', { ...createParams, start_date: '2999-09-24' }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('failed')
+    expect(result.http_status).toBe(400)
+    expect(result.error).toMatch(/day_of_month/)
+  })
+
   it('rejects tampered params at the commit boundary', async () => {
     const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
     enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' } }) // claim
@@ -347,6 +365,77 @@ describe('commitPendingOperation: update_recurring_schedule', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('writes an explicit future next_run_date verbatim and skips the recompute', async () => {
+    const { supabase, updates } = createCapturingSupabase([
+      { data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' }, error: null }, // claim
+      { data: { ...existingRow, interval_months: 12 }, error: null },
+      { data: null, error: null }, // schedule update
+      { data: null, error: null }, // finalize
+    ])
+
+    const result = await commitPendingOperation(
+      supabase as never,
+      'user-1',
+      'company-1',
+      makePendingOp('update_recurring_schedule', {
+        schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID,
+        changes: { day_of_month: 20, next_run_date: '2999-02-20' },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('committed')
+    expect(updates.recurring_invoice_schedules).toEqual([
+      { day_of_month: 20, next_run_date: '2999-02-20' },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('rolls a next_run_date that went stale before approval forward on its own grid', async () => {
+    const { supabase, updates } = createCapturingSupabase([
+      { data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' }, error: null }, // claim
+      { data: { ...existingRow, interval_months: 12 }, error: null },
+      { data: null, error: null }, // schedule update
+      { data: null, error: null }, // finalize
+    ])
+
+    const result = await commitPendingOperation(
+      supabase as never,
+      'user-1',
+      'company-1',
+      makePendingOp('update_recurring_schedule', {
+        schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID,
+        changes: { next_run_date: '2020-02-25' },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('committed')
+    const next = String(updates.recurring_invoice_schedules?.[0]?.next_run_date)
+    const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
+    // Strictly future, and still a February 25 (the chosen phase survives).
+    expect(next > todayStockholm).toBe(true)
+    expect(next.slice(5)).toBe('02-25')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a next_run_date off the day_of_month grid at commit', async () => {
+    const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+    enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' } }) // claim
+    enqueue({ data: existingRow }) // existing
+    enqueue({ data: null }) // status update
+
+    const result = await commitPendingOperation(
+      supabase as never,
+      'user-1',
+      'company-1',
+      makePendingOp('update_recurring_schedule', {
+        schedule_id: SCHEDULE_ID,
+        changes: { next_run_date: '2999-02-24' },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('failed')
+    expect(result.http_status).toBe(400)
+    expect(result.error).toMatch(/day_of_month/)
+  })
+
   it('rejects enabling auto_send at commit when the customer has no email', async () => {
     const { supabase, enqueue } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
     enqueue({ data: { id: 'op-recurring-1' } }) // claim
diff --git a/lib/pending-operations/commit.ts b/lib/pending-operations/commit.ts
index 5c8d0032..bb29a65d 100644
--- a/lib/pending-operations/commit.ts
+++ b/lib/pending-operations/commit.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ import {
   rollNextRunDateForward,
   getStockholmDateHour,
 } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service'
+import { runDateMatchesDayOfMonth } from '@/lib/invoices/recurring-run-date'
 import { UpdateInvoiceParamsSchema } from '@/lib/pending-operations/schemas/update-invoice'
 import {
   buildInvoiceWriteData,
@@ -793,6 +794,19 @@ async function commitCreateRecurringSchedule(
     }
   }
 
+  // Same grid rule as the create route. A start_date that turned stale
+  // between staging and approval is NOT rejected: the cron rolls a missed
+  // date forward on the grid, so the phase the user chose still holds.
+  if (
+    validated.start_date !== undefined &&
+    !runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(validated.start_date, validated.day_of_month)
+  ) {
+    return {
+      error: 'start_date must fall on day_of_month (clamped to the last day in shorter months)',
+      status: 400,
+    }
+  }
+
   const nextRunDate = computeInitialRunDate(
     new Date(),
     validated.day_of_month,
@@ -936,7 +950,11 @@ async function commitUpdateRecurringSchedule(
   // next STRICTLY-future occurrence, never today, so an approval cannot
   // trigger a same-hour surprise send. Editing other fields leaves
   // next_run_date alone so an unrelated edit never skips an imminent send.
-  if (changes.status === 'active' || changes.day_of_month !== undefined) {
+  if (
+    changes.status === 'active' ||
+    changes.day_of_month !== undefined ||
+    changes.next_run_date !== undefined
+  ) {
     const reactivating = changes.status === 'active'
     const dayChanged =
       changes.day_of_month !== undefined && changes.day_of_month !== existing.day_of_month
@@ -945,8 +963,31 @@ async function commitUpdateRecurringSchedule(
     const { date: todayStockholm } = getStockholmDateHour(new Date())
     const stockholmToday = new Date(`${todayStockholm}T00:00:00Z`)
 
+    // An explicit next_run_date re-phases the schedule and wins over the
+    // recompute. Grid mismatch is rejected like the PATCH route; a date that
+    // went stale while the operation waited for approval is rolled forward
+    // on its own grid (strictly future) instead of auto-rejecting, so the
+    // approved phase survives a slow approval.
+    if (changes.next_run_date !== undefined) {
+      if (!runDateMatchesDayOfMonth(changes.next_run_date, effectiveDay)) {
+        return {
+          error: 'next_run_date must fall on day_of_month (clamped to the last day in shorter months)',
+          status: 400,
+        }
+      }
+      updateRow.next_run_date =
+        changes.next_run_date <= todayStockholm
+          ? rollNextRunDateForward(
+              changes.next_run_date,
+              stockholmToday,
+              effectiveDay,
+              effectiveInterval,
+            )
+          : changes.next_run_date
+    }
+
     const staleOnReactivate = reactivating && existing.next_run_date <= todayStockholm
-    if (staleOnReactivate || dayChanged) {
+    if (changes.next_run_date === undefined && (staleOnReactivate || dayChanged)) {
       if (effectiveInterval === 1) {
         // Monthly keeps its long-standing today-anchored semantics.
         const rolled = computeInitialRunDate(stockholmToday, effectiveDay)
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index c14f0960..8b8f49e7 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -4397,6 +4397,14 @@
     "customer_placeholder": "Select customer",
     "day_label": "Day of month",
     "day_hint": "29-31 run on the last day in shorter months.",
+    "run_date_label": "First invoice date",
+    "run_date_edit_label": "Next invoice date",
+    "run_date_hint": "Sets which month the invoice is created in, e.g. February every year.",
+    "upcoming_runs": "Then: {dates}",
+    "validation_run_date_required": "Enter a date",
+    "validation_run_date_past": "The date cannot be in the past",
+    "validation_run_date_not_future": "The date must be after today",
+    "validation_run_date_grid": "The date must fall on day {day} of the month",
     "interval_label": "Interval",
     "interval_monthly": "Every month",
     "interval_quarterly": "Every quarter",
diff --git a/messages/sv.json b/messages/sv.json
index 2d22336c..d139191f 100644
--- a/messages/sv.json
+++ b/messages/sv.json
@@ -4397,6 +4397,14 @@
     "customer_placeholder": "Välj kund",
     "day_label": "Dag i månaden",
     "day_hint": "29-31 körs sista dagen i kortare månader.",
+    "run_date_label": "Första faktureringsdatum",
+    "run_date_edit_label": "Nästa faktureringsdatum",
+    "run_date_hint": "Styr vilken månad fakturan skapas, t.ex. februari varje år.",
+    "upcoming_runs": "Därefter: {dates}",
+    "validation_run_date_required": "Ange ett datum",
+    "validation_run_date_past": "Datumet får inte vara passerat",
+    "validation_run_date_not_future": "Datumet måste vara efter idag",
+    "validation_run_date_grid": "Datumet måste ligga på dag {day} i månaden",
     "interval_label": "Intervall",
     "interval_monthly": "Varje månad",
     "interval_quarterly": "Varje kvartal",