diff --git a/apps/web/__tests__/unit/analytics-chart-dates.test.ts b/apps/web/__tests__/unit/analytics-chart-dates.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7eefb2b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/__tests__/unit/analytics-chart-dates.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { createElement, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import ChartArea from "@/app/(org)/dashboard/analytics/components/ChartArea";
+
+vi.mock("recharts", () => ({
+	AreaChart: ({ data }: { data: Array<{ label: string; views: number }> }) =>
+		createElement(
+			"div",
+			null,
+			data.map((point) =>
+				createElement(
+					"span",
+					{ key: point.label },
+					`${point.label}: ${point.views}`,
+				),
+			),
+		),
+	Area: () => null,
+	CartesianGrid: () => null,
+	XAxis: () => null,
+	YAxis: () => null,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/components/ui/chart", () => ({
+	ChartContainer: ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => children,
+	ChartTooltip: () => null,
+	ChartTooltipContent: () => null,
+}));
+
+const renderChart = (buckets: string[]) =>
+	renderToStaticMarkup(
+		createElement(ChartArea, {
+			selectedMetrics: ["views"],
+			data: buckets.map((bucket, index) => ({
+				bucket,
+				views: index + 1,
+				caps: 0,
+				comments: 0,
+				reactions: 0,
+			})),
+		}),
+	);
+
+describe.each(["America/Los_Angeles", "Asia/Kolkata", "UTC"])(
+	"analytics chart dates in %s",
+	(timeZone) => {
+		beforeEach(() => vi.stubEnv("TZ", timeZone));
+		afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllEnvs());
+		it.each([
+			["2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2026-01-02T00:00:00Z"],
+			["2026-03-08T00:00:00Z", "2026-03-09T00:00:00Z"],
+			["2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"],
+		])("labels UTC daily buckets on their actual date: %s", (...buckets) => {
+			const chart = renderChart(buckets);
+			for (const [index, bucket] of buckets.entries()) {
+				const label = new Date(bucket).toLocaleDateString([], {
+					month: "short",
+					day: "numeric",
+					timeZone: "UTC",
+				});
+				expect(chart).toContain(`${label}: ${index + 1}`);
+			}
+		});
+
+		it("keeps hourly labels in the viewer's local time", () => {
+			const buckets = ["2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2026-01-01T01:00:00Z"];
+			const chart = renderChart(buckets);
+			for (const [index, bucket] of buckets.entries()) {
+				const label = new Date(bucket).toLocaleTimeString([], {
+					hour: "numeric",
+				});
+				expect(chart).toContain(`${label}: ${index + 1}`);
+			}
+		});
+
+		it("shows the empty state when there are no buckets", () => {
+			expect(renderChart([])).toContain("No analytics data yet.");
+		});
+	},
+);
diff --git a/apps/web/app/(org)/dashboard/analytics/components/ChartArea.tsx b/apps/web/app/(org)/dashboard/analytics/components/ChartArea.tsx
index 56c46efb51..c2f9f95a6e 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(org)/dashboard/analytics/components/ChartArea.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(org)/dashboard/analytics/components/ChartArea.tsx
@@ -247,5 +247,9 @@ const formatBucketLabel = (bucket: string, hourly: boolean) => {
 			hour: "numeric",
 			minute: undefined,
 		});
-	return date.toLocaleDateString([], { month: "short", day: "numeric" });
+	return date.toLocaleDateString([], {
+		month: "short",
+		day: "numeric",
+		timeZone: "UTC",
+	});
 };