How to add a lunar calendar widget to your Android home screen
Updated November 6, 2026 • vLunar
On Android the lunar calendar widget sits right on your home screen next to your app icons. The steps are the same on most phones; button names can differ a little by brand and version.
Step 1: Install vLunar and open it once
- 1Download vLunar from Google Play (button at the end of this page).
- 2Open the app once so the widget has lunar dates and events to show.
Step 2: Add the widget to the home screen
- 1Touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen (not an app icon).
- 2Tap Widgets.
- 3Scroll to or search for vLunar and tap it to see the widget sizes.
- 4Touch and hold the size you want and drag it onto the home screen, or tap Add if your phone has that button.
- 5To resize: touch and hold the widget until a frame appears, then drag the edges of the frame.
Steps by brand
- Samsung (One UI): touch and hold the home screen > Widgets > type vLunar in the search field > tap the widget > Add.
- Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO (HyperOS, MIUI): touch and hold the home screen or pinch with two fingers > Widgets > find vLunar > drag the widget out.
- OPPO, realme (ColorOS, realme UI): touch and hold the home screen > Widgets > pick vLunar > drag the widget out.
- vivo (OriginOS, Funtouch OS): touch and hold or pinch on the home screen > Widgets > pick vLunar > drag the widget out.
Widget does not change date after midnight?
Many Android phones stop background apps to save battery, so the widget does not refresh. Let vLunar run in the background:
- 1Open Settings > Apps > vLunar.
- 2Open Battery and choose Unrestricted (the name differs by brand, for example Allow background activity).
- 3On Xiaomi, also turn on Autostart for vLunar if your phone has it.
- 4Remove the widget and add it again.
Pro users: open vLunar > Setting > User Guide > Widget tab and tap Sync home screen widget.
Change the colour and background photo
The free version already has small, medium and large widgets, 7 colour themes and lets you pick a background photo for the widget (a built-in image or one of your own). Pro adds deeper customisation such as colours, text, the lunar and solar layout and unlimited countdown widgets.
See the lunar date right on your home screen
Install vLunar for a Vietnamese lunar calendar widget, Can Chi, the 12 zodiac hours and reminders for memorial days, full moon and new moon on the exact lunar date. No need to open a website every day.
Free
- ✓Lunar date, Can Chi, solar term and moon phase for every day
- ✓The 12 zodiac hours (twelve two-hour periods of the day)
- ✓Events that repeat every lunar month or lunar year: memorial days, full moon, new moon, reminded on the right lunar date
- ✓Vietnamese holidays, US Holidays, and events from the calendars on your phone
- ✓Small, medium and large home screen widgets, with your own background photo
- ✓Journal with photos, videos and hashtags, each entry with its lunar date
- ✓Two-pane layout designed for iPhone Duo
Pro
- ★Lock screen widgets and widget customisation: colours, text, lunar and solar layout
- ★Unlimited countdown widgets with photos rotated from journal hashtags
- ★Apple Watch app and complications
- ★Weather forecast part of the meteorology block on the day card and medium widget (Apple Weather)
- ★Journal lock with Face ID or passcode
Subscription through the App Store or Google Play; see the price in the app.
Frequently asked questions
Is the vLunar lunar calendar widget on Android free?+
Yes. Home screen widgets are free. Pro adds deeper customisation, unlimited countdown widgets and the weather forecast part of the meteorology block.
vLunar is not in the widget list?+
Open vLunar once and try again. If you use a third-party launcher, allow it to add widgets. Finally, try restarting the phone.
Can the widget show the full moon and new moon?+
Yes. Create an event that repeats every lunar month (for example the full moon on day 15 or the new moon on day 1) or every lunar year (memorial days) in the app; it shows on the day card and the app reminds you on the right lunar date.
More guides
- Lunar calendar on iPhone Duo: vLunar designed for two panesvLunar has a layout designed for iPhone Duo: unfold it for the month grid on one pane and the lunar day card on the other; fold it for a smooth single-screen view with a Liquid Glass button rail. Free.
- How to add a lunar calendar widget to your iPhone home screenStep by step: add the vLunar Vietnamese lunar calendar widget to your iPhone or iPad home screen, pick small, medium or large, stack widgets and fix a widget that does not change date.
- How to show the lunar calendar on iPhoneTurn on the lunar calendar in the iPhone Calendar app with Alternate Calendars, learn why the Chinese lunar date sometimes differs from the Vietnamese one, and see the Vietnamese lunar date on your home screen.
- How to show the lunar date on the iPhone lock screenAdd the vLunar lunar calendar widget to the iPhone lock screen (iOS 16 and later): lunar date, Can Chi year and moon phase under the clock, plus how to remove it and fix it.
- How to see the lunar calendar on Apple WatchPut the Vietnamese lunar date on your Apple Watch face with the vLunar app and complication: install the watch app, sync from iPhone, add the complication to the watch face.
- Vietnamese lunar date todayToday's lunar date, Can Chi of the day, month and year, the next full moon and new moon, and the countdown to Tết.