diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 05b33d0..5eaf390 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -5232,3 +5232,23 @@ all 6 winning-outright dates; Magnificat status on Advent Ember Wednesday, the o
 overriding mechanism to complicate the assertion). `npm test` (2023 passed, 47 files) and
 `tsc --noEmit` both pass.
 
+**Follow-on, same day**: user asked why the Ember days didn't actually show anywhere in the app
+on 2026-09-16/18/19 despite the above. Real bug, found by resolving `getDayLabel` directly for
+those dates: `calendar/day-label.ts`'s `collectCommemorations` only ever matched a `temporal`-kind
+commemoration against `resolveTemporalId(day.date)` (the plain, un-relabeled id for that date) —
+never against an Ember-relabeled id, so `applyEmberDay`'s own commemoration was silently dropped
+from the label every time. Worse, even the *winning-outright* case had no name: the final
+fallback branch calls the generic `temporalLabel(day)` (pure season/weekday arithmetic, no id
+awareness at all), so an Ember day that won outright rendered as bare "Wednesday in the Nth week
+after Trinity (Feria)" with zero mention of Ember anywhere.
+
+Fixed with a small standalone `EMBER_DAY_NAMES`/`emberDayLabel` lookup in `day-label.ts` itself
+(6 entries, Latin names read straight from each day's own `[Officium]` header) — deliberately
+*not* added to `temporal-feasts.ts`'s named-feast table, since that table doubles as `resolve-
+common.ts`'s `isFerialOrVigil` bareness check (`isBareFeria = ... && !getTemporalFeastRecord(...)`)
+and adding Ember ids there would have silently turned off their own ferial Preces (their `[Rule]`
+is literally "Preces Feriales"). Wired into both places: `collectCommemorations`'s temporal
+branch (demoted case) and `getDayLabel`'s final fallback (winning-outright case). New assertions
+in `tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts` cover both. `npm test` (2024 passed) and `tsc --noEmit`
+both pass.
+
diff --git a/src/calendar/day-label.ts b/src/calendar/day-label.ts
index 15f8c05..4c01d9c 100644
--- a/src/calendar/day-label.ts
+++ b/src/calendar/day-label.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,38 @@ function joinBi(items: Bi[], sep = ' — '): Bi {
   return { en: items.map((i) => i.en).join(sep), la: items.map((i) => i.la).join(sep) };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The 6 Ember-day ids (calendar/ember-days.ts) are deliberately *not* in
+ * temporal-feasts.ts's named-feast table — they're privileged ferias, not
+ * rank-contesting movable feasts (see that file's own doc comment), and
+ * that table's `getTemporalFeastRecord` also doubles as resolve-
+ * common.ts's `isFerialOrVigil` bareness check, so adding them there
+ * would silently turn off their own ferial Preces (their `[Rule]` block
+ * is literally "Preces Feriales"). A small standalone lookup here instead
+ * — Latin names read straight from each day's own `[Officium]` header
+ * (Tempora/093-{3,5,6}.txt, Tempora/Adv3-{3,5,6}.txt).
+ *
+ * Without this, an Ember day never named itself anywhere in the UI: not
+ * as the primary label when it wins outright (fell through to the plain
+ * "Wednesday in the Nth week after Trinity"/"In the Nth week of Advent"
+ * wording with no Ember mention at all), and not as a commemoration when
+ * demoted (collectCommemorations's temporal branch only ever matched
+ * `resolveTemporalId(day.date)`, never an Ember-relabeled id) — live-
+ * verified as a real, user-visible gap, 2026-09-03.
+ */
+const EMBER_DAY_NAMES: Record<string, Bi> = {
+  'ember-september-wednesday': bi('Ember Wednesday in September', 'Feria Quarta Quattuor Temporum Septembris'),
+  'ember-september-friday': bi('Ember Friday in September', 'Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Septembris'),
+  'ember-september-saturday': bi('Ember Saturday in September', 'Sabbato Quattuor Temporum Septembris'),
+  'ember-advent-wednesday': bi('Ember Wednesday in Advent', 'Feria IV Quattuor Temporum in Adventu'),
+  'ember-advent-friday': bi('Ember Friday in Advent', 'Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu'),
+  'ember-advent-saturday': bi('Ember Saturday in Advent', 'Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu'),
+};
+
+function emberDayLabel(id: string): Bi | undefined {
+  return EMBER_DAY_NAMES[id];
+}
+
 function capitalize(text: string): string {
   return text.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + text.slice(1);
 }
@@ -458,6 +490,11 @@ function collectCommemorations(
     } else if (c.kind === 'temporal') {
       if (c.id === temporalId) {
         temporal.push(anchorDayName(day, false) ?? temporalLabel(day));
+      } else {
+        const emberName = emberDayLabel(c.id);
+        if (emberName) {
+          temporal.push(emberName);
+        }
       }
     } else if (opts.showOctaves && c.id !== opts.excludeOctaveId) {
       const octave = activeOctaves.find((a) => a.id === c.id);
@@ -663,7 +700,7 @@ export function getDayLabel(day: LiturgicalDay): Partial<Record<string, string>>
   }
 
   const temporalRank = TEMPORAL_CATEGORY_RANK_LABELS[day.temporalCategory];
-  const label = temporalLabel(day);
+  const label = (day.winner.kind === 'temporal' ? emberDayLabel(day.winner.id) : undefined) ?? temporalLabel(day);
   const temporal = bi(`${label.en} (${temporalRank.en})`, `${label.la} (${temporalRank.la})`);
   const { sanctoral } = collectCommemorations(day, { showOctaves: false });
   return withTransferNote(day, joinBi([temporal, ...sanctoral]));
diff --git a/tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts b/tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts
index b642af8..d14d358 100644
--- a/tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts
+++ b/tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { resolveDay } from '../../src/calendar';
+import { getDayLabel } from '../../src/calendar/day-label';
 import { resolveOrdo } from '../../src/hours';
 import { getDayCollect } from '../../src/hours/resolve-common';
 
@@ -89,6 +90,21 @@ describe('Ember days', () => {
     expect(antiphon.text.status.en).toBe('verified');
   });
 
+  it("the day label names the Ember day itself, both when it's demoted to a commemoration and when it wins outright -- previously never shown anywhere in the UI (2026-09-03 fix)", () => {
+    // Demoted cases (2026): a saint wins outright, Ember rides along as a
+    // commemoration -- collectCommemorations' temporal branch previously
+    // only matched resolveTemporalId(day.date), never an Ember-relabeled id.
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-09-16')).en).toContain('Ember Wednesday in September');
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-09-18')).en).toContain('Ember Friday in September');
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-09-19')).en).toContain('Ember Saturday in September');
+    // Winning-outright cases: previously fell through to the plain
+    // ordinal weekday label with no Ember mention at all.
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2023-09-20')).en).toBe('Ember Wednesday in September (Feria) — Vigil of St. Matthew');
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-12-16')).en).toBe('Ember Wednesday in Advent (Feria)');
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-12-18')).en).toBe('Ember Friday in Advent (Feria)');
+    expect(getDayLabel(resolveDay('2026-12-19')).en).toContain('Ember Saturday in Advent (Feria)');
+  });
+
   it('Matins renders 3 real, distinct, verified lessons+responsories for each of the 6 Ember days', () => {
     const dates = ['2026-09-16', '2026-09-18', '2026-09-19', '2026-12-16', '2026-12-18', '2026-12-19'];
     for (const date of dates) {