August 2026 Korean lunar calendar

Lunar date, day pillar, solar terms and public holidays for every day, based on the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute calendar. Times are KST.

August 2026: lunar date and day pillar

DateDayLunarDay pillarSolar term · Holiday
1 Sat 6/19 丁未 jeong-mi
2 Sun 6/20 戊申 mu-sin
3 Mon 6/21 己酉 gi-yu
4 Tue 6/22 庚戌 gyeong-sul
5 Wed 6/23 辛亥 sin-hae
6 Thu 6/24 壬子 im-ja
7 Fri 6/25 癸丑 gye-chuk Start of Autumn 20:43
8 Sat 6/26 甲寅 gap-in
9 Sun 6/27 乙卯 eul-myo
10 Mon 6/28 丙辰 byeong-jin
11 Tue 6/29 丁巳 jeong-sa
12 Wed 6/30 戊午 mu-o
13 Thu 7/1 己未 gi-mi
14 Fri 7/2 庚申 gyeong-sin
15 Sat 7/3 辛酉 sin-yu Liberation Day
16 Sun 7/4 壬戌 im-sul
17 Mon 7/5 癸亥 gye-hae Substitute Holiday (Liberation Day)
18 Tue 7/6 甲子 gap-ja
19 Wed 7/7 乙丑 eul-chuk
20 Thu 7/8 丙寅 byeong-in
21 Fri 7/9 丁卯 jeong-myo
22 Sat 7/10 戊辰 mu-jin
23 Sun 7/11 己巳 gi-sa End of Heat 11:19
24 Mon 7/12 庚午 gyeong-o
25 Tue 7/13 辛未 sin-mi
26 Wed 7/14 壬申 im-sin
27 Thu 7/15 癸酉 gye-yu
28 Fri 7/16 甲戌 gap-sul
29 Sat 7/17 乙亥 eul-hae
30 Sun 7/18 丙子 byeong-ja
31 Mon 7/19 丁丑 jeong-chuk

About August 2026

August 2026 has 31 days. On the Korean lunar calendar it runs from lunar month 6, day 19, 2026 to lunar month 7, day 19, 2026. In the sexagenary cycle the lunar year is 2026: 丙午 (byeong-o).

The new moon (day 1 of a lunar month) falls on August 13, and day 15 on August 27. Day 15 is a calendar date, so the fullest moon can be a day off.

Solar terms this month

Lunar months in this solar month: month 6 (30 days), month 7 (29 days). A lunar month has 29 or 30 days depending on the Moon's cycle.

Public holidays and workdays

Public holidays this month: August 15 (Liberation Day), August 17 (Substitute Holiday (Liberation Day)). Of 21 weekdays, 20 are workdays.

Long weekends and leave this month

Breaks of 3+ days made of weekends and public holidays: Sat, Aug 15 ~ Mon, Aug 17 (3 days, Liberation Day, Substitute Holiday (Liberation Day)).

No single or double day of leave this month joins a longer break. Plan all your leave days: leave planner →

How to read the day pillar and solar terms

The day pillar (iljin) is the sexagenary name given to each day. Ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches pair up in turn, so the same name returns every 60 days. A manseryeok lists the pillars of the year, month, day and hour, and the day pillar in Korean saju (Four Pillars) is the day pillar of the birth date.

The 24 solar terms divide the Sun’s path into 15° steps. They follow the solar calendar, so they fall on nearly the same dates every year, and each begins at an exact minute. Times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

Lunar dates and day pillars come from the korean-lunar-calendar library (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute tables). Solar term times come from the manseryeok library, matched to KASI’s tables to the minute.