diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 2afebc1..97674c2 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -989,20 +989,27 @@
       parts.push(`<text x="${ML - 4}" y="${y + 3}" text-anchor="end">${vText}h</text>`);
     }
 
+    const selYmd = ymd(selectedDay());
     days.forEach((d, i) => {
       const isToday = i === days.length - 1;
+      const isSel = d.ymd === selYmd;
       const x = ML + i * (barW + gap);
       const h = (d.sleepHours / yMax) * innerH;
       const y = MT + innerH - h;
       const title = `${d.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: "long", month: "short", day: "numeric" })} — ${d.sleepHours.toFixed(1)}h`;
+      if (isSel) {
+        parts.push(`<rect class="day-highlight" x="${(x - gap / 2).toFixed(1)}" y="${MT}" width="${(barW + gap).toFixed(1)}" height="${innerH}" rx="3"/>`);
+      }
       parts.push(
         `<rect class="bar bar-sleep ${isToday ? "" : "bar-faded"}" data-day="${d.ymd}" ` +
         `x="${x}" y="${y}" width="${barW}" height="${Math.max(0, h)}" rx="3">` +
         `<title>${escapeText(title)}</title></rect>`
       );
-      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length)) {
+      // The selected day always gets a label (accent-colored), even on wide
+      // windows that would otherwise skip it.
+      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length) || isSel) {
         parts.push(
-          `<text x="${x + barW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
+          `<text class="${isSel ? "day-label-sel" : ""}" x="${x + barW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
           `${escapeText(dayLabel(d.date, isToday))}</text>`
         );
       }
@@ -1040,10 +1047,15 @@
       { key: "meals", label: "Meals", cls: "bar-eat" },
     ];
 
+    const selYmd = ymd(selectedDay());
     days.forEach((d, i) => {
       const isToday = i === days.length - 1;
+      const isSel = d.ymd === selYmd;
       const groupX = ML + i * (groupW + groupGap);
 
+      if (isSel) {
+        parts.push(`<rect class="day-highlight" x="${(groupX - groupGap / 2).toFixed(1)}" y="${MT}" width="${(groupW + groupGap).toFixed(1)}" height="${innerH}" rx="3"/>`);
+      }
       series.forEach((s, j) => {
         const val = d[s.key];
         const x = groupX + j * (barW + innerBarGap);
@@ -1057,9 +1069,9 @@
         );
       });
 
-      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length)) {
+      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length) || isSel) {
         parts.push(
-          `<text x="${groupX + groupW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
+          `<text class="${isSel ? "day-label-sel" : ""}" x="${groupX + groupW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
           `${escapeText(dayLabel(d.date, isToday))}</text>`
         );
       }
@@ -1095,20 +1107,25 @@
       parts.push(`<text x="${ML - 4}" y="${y + 3}" text-anchor="end">${vText}</text>`);
     }
 
+    const selYmd = ymd(selectedDay());
     days.forEach((d, i) => {
       const isToday = i === days.length - 1;
+      const isSel = d.ymd === selYmd;
       const x = ML + i * (barW + gap);
       const h = (d.grams / yMax) * innerH;
       const y = MT + innerH - h;
       const title = `${d.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: "long", month: "short", day: "numeric" })} — ${Math.round(d.grams)} g`;
+      if (isSel) {
+        parts.push(`<rect class="day-highlight" x="${(x - gap / 2).toFixed(1)}" y="${MT}" width="${(barW + gap).toFixed(1)}" height="${innerH}" rx="3"/>`);
+      }
       parts.push(
         `<rect class="bar bar-eat ${isToday ? "" : "bar-faded"}" data-day="${d.ymd}" ` +
         `x="${x}" y="${y}" width="${barW}" height="${Math.max(0, h)}" rx="3">` +
         `<title>${escapeText(title)}</title></rect>`
       );
-      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length)) {
+      if (showDayLabel(i, days.length) || isSel) {
         parts.push(
-          `<text x="${x + barW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
+          `<text class="${isSel ? "day-label-sel" : ""}" x="${x + barW / 2}" y="${H - MB + 14}" text-anchor="middle">` +
           `${escapeText(dayLabel(d.date, isToday))}</text>`
         );
       }
@@ -1157,15 +1174,17 @@
       parts.push(`<text x="${x.toFixed(1)}" y="${MT - 5}" text-anchor="${anchor}">${hr}h</text>`);
     }
 
+    const selYmd = ymd(selectedDay());
     for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) {
       const day = new Date(today);
       day.setDate(day.getDate() - (N - 1 - i)); // oldest at top, today at bottom
       const dayStart = startOfDay(day).getTime();
       const dayEnd = dayStart + dayMs;
       const isToday = ymd(day) === ymd(new Date());
+      const isSel = ymd(day) === selYmd;
       const y = MT + i * (rowH + rowGap);
 
-      parts.push(`<rect class="stl-track" x="${ML}" y="${y.toFixed(1)}" width="${innerW}" height="${rowH.toFixed(1)}" rx="2"/>`);
+      parts.push(`<rect class="stl-track${isSel ? " stl-selected" : ""}" x="${ML}" y="${y.toFixed(1)}" width="${innerW}" height="${rowH.toFixed(1)}" rx="2"/>`);
 
       for (const wdw of windows) {
         const s = Math.max(wdw.start, dayStart);
@@ -1177,7 +1196,7 @@
       }
 
       const label = isToday ? "Today" : `${day.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: "short" })} ${day.getDate()}`;
-      parts.push(`<text class="stl-day ${isToday ? "stl-today" : ""}" x="${ML - 6}" y="${(y + rowH / 2 + 3).toFixed(1)}" text-anchor="end">${escapeText(label)}</text>`);
+      parts.push(`<text class="stl-day ${isToday ? "stl-today" : ""}${isSel ? " stl-sel" : ""}" x="${ML - 6}" y="${(y + rowH / 2 + 3).toFixed(1)}" text-anchor="end">${escapeText(label)}</text>`);
 
       const title = day.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: "long", month: "short", day: "numeric" });
       parts.push(`<rect class="bar stl-hit" data-day="${ymd(day)}" x="${ML}" y="${y.toFixed(1)}" width="${innerW}" height="${rowH.toFixed(1)}"><title>${escapeText(title)}</title></rect>`);
@@ -1584,6 +1603,13 @@
     const cellW = innerW / N;
 
     const parts = [];
+    const selCol = dayIndex.get(ymd(selectedDay()));
+    if (selCol !== undefined) {
+      parts.push(
+        `<rect class="day-highlight" x="${(ML + selCol * cellW - 0.75).toFixed(1)}" y="${MT - 2}" ` +
+        `width="${cellW.toFixed(1)}" height="${(H - MT - MB + 4).toFixed(1)}" rx="3"/>`
+      );
+    }
     exercises.forEach((x, r) => {
       const y = MT + r * (rowH + rowGap);
       const max = Math.max(1, ...counts[r]);
diff --git a/src/changelog.json b/src/changelog.json
index 9cbd70d..957c980 100644
--- a/src/changelog.json
+++ b/src/changelog.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [
+  { "date": "2026-07-15", "text": "The charts highlight the selected day, so it's easy to spot which bars, rows and cells you're looking at" },
   { "date": "2026-07-15", "text": "New Sleep trend chart: today's running sleep total through the day, against yesterday and the average over your chart window (7/14/30 days)" },
   { "date": "2026-07-15", "text": "Quick actions that don't fit right now are dimmed (asleep → everything but Sleep end; awake → Sleep end) — still tappable for corrections" },
   { "date": "2026-07-15", "text": "Editing an event no longer pops the date picker over the whole screen on iPhone" },
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 0a88327..c68f044 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -603,6 +603,16 @@ dialog menu {
 }
 .chart-svg .bar { cursor: pointer; }
 .chart-svg .bar-faded { opacity: 0.7; }
+/* The selected day's slice in every per-day chart: a soft accent band behind
+   the bars/cells (visible even when the day's values are all zero) plus an
+   accent-colored day label. */
+.chart-svg .day-highlight {
+  fill: var(--accent);
+  fill-opacity: 0.08;
+  stroke: var(--accent);
+  stroke-opacity: 0.45;
+}
+.chart-svg text.day-label-sel { fill: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; }
 .chart-svg .bar-sleep { fill: var(--sleep); }
 .chart-svg .bar-pee   { fill: var(--pee); }
 .chart-svg .bar-poo   { fill: var(--poo); }
@@ -897,6 +907,13 @@ input.switch:checked::after { transform: translateX(18px); }
 }
 .chart-svg .stl-sleep { fill: var(--sleep); }
 .chart-svg .stl-today { fill: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; }
+/* Selected day: accent ring on the row's track + accent label. */
+.chart-svg .stl-track.stl-selected {
+  stroke: var(--accent);
+  stroke-width: 1.2;
+  stroke-opacity: 0.8;
+}
+.chart-svg .stl-sel { fill: var(--accent); }
 .chart-svg .stl-hit { fill: transparent; cursor: pointer; }
 .chart-svg .stl-hit:hover { fill: var(--accent); fill-opacity: 0.08; }