diff --git a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar-day.tsx b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar-day.tsx
index ef6038d6808..6c2626cf2fd 100644
--- a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar-day.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar-day.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { Spacer } from '@freecodecamp/ui';
 import { Link } from '../helpers';
 import GreenPass from '../../assets/icons/green-pass';
 import GreenNotCompleted from '../../assets/icons/green-not-completed';
 import JavaScriptIcon from '../../assets/icons/javascript';
 import PythonIcon from '../../assets/icons/python';
-import { formatDisplayDate } from './helpers';
+import { formatDisplayDate, truncate } from './helpers';
 
 interface CalendarDayProps {
   dayNumber: number;
@@ -17,33 +16,33 @@ interface CalendarDayProps {
   title?: string;
 }
 
-function Checkmark({ completed }: { completed: boolean }): JSX.Element {
-  return completed ? (
+function Checkmark({ isCompleted }: { isCompleted: boolean }) {
+  return isCompleted ? (
     <span
-      className='dc-checkmark dc-small-checkmark completed'
+      className='dc-checkmark completed'
       data-playwright-test-label='calendar-day-completed'
     >
       <GreenPass />
     </span>
   ) : (
     <span
-      className='dc-checkmark dc-small-checkmark not-completed'
+      className='dc-checkmark not-completed'
       data-playwright-test-label='calendar-day-not-completed'
     >
       <GreenNotCompleted />
     </span>
   );
 }
-
 function DailyCodingChallengeCalendarDay({
   dayNumber,
   date,
   isAvailable = false,
-  title,
+  title = '',
   completedLanguages = [],
   challengeNumber
 }: CalendarDayProps): JSX.Element {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const completed = completedLanguages.length > 0;
 
   // dayNumber = 0 -> render nothing
   if (dayNumber === 0) return <div></div>;
@@ -74,40 +73,29 @@ function DailyCodingChallengeCalendarDay({
         {dayNumber}
       </span>
 
-      <div className='dc-number'>#{challengeNumber}</div>
+      <span className='dc-number'>#{challengeNumber}</span>
 
       <div className='dc-info'>
-        <div className='dc-title'>{title}</div>
+        <div className='dc-title-wrap'>
+          <div className='dc-title'>{truncate(title)}</div>
+        </div>
 
-        {completedLanguages.length === 2 ? (
-          <span className='dc-checkmark dc-big-checkmark completed'>
-            <span className='dc-spacer'>
-              <Spacer size='s' />
-            </span>
-            <GreenPass />
-          </span>
-        ) : (
-          <div className='dc-languages'>
-            <hr />
-            <div className='dc-language'>
-              <div className='dc-language-icon'>
-                <JavaScriptIcon />
-              </div>
-              <div className='dc-language-name'>JavaScript</div>
-              <Checkmark
-                completed={completedLanguages.includes('javascript')}
-              />
-            </div>
+        <Checkmark isCompleted={completed} />
 
-            <div className='dc-language'>
-              <div className='dc-language-icon'>
-                <PythonIcon />
-              </div>
-              <div className='dc-language-name'>Python</div>
-              <Checkmark completed={completedLanguages.includes('python')} />
+        <div className='dc-languages'>
+          {completedLanguages.includes('javascript') && (
+            <div className='dc-language-icon'>
+              <JavaScriptIcon />
+              <span className='sr-only'>JavaScript</span>
             </div>
-          </div>
-        )}
+          )}
+          {completedLanguages.includes('python') && (
+            <div className='dc-language-icon'>
+              <PythonIcon />
+              <span className='sr-only'>Python</span>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </Link>
   );
diff --git a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar.css b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar.css
index e673c92f904..e5935b13198 100644
--- a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar.css
+++ b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/calendar.css
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 .calendar-day {
   position: relative;
-  padding: 10px 10px 20px;
+  padding: 5px;
   min-height: 200px;
   border: 1px solid var(--tertiary-color);
   background-color: var(--primary-background);
@@ -37,41 +37,61 @@
 
 .calendar-day-number {
   position: absolute;
+  font-size: 0.8em;
   top: 0;
-  left: 5px;
+  right: 5px;
+  color: var(--gray-45);
 }
 
 .dc-number {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 5px;
+  font-size: 0.8em;
   font-style: italic;
   color: var(--gray-45);
-  text-align: center;
 }
 
 .dc-info {
+  position: relative;
+  padding-top: 15px;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   height: 100%;
 }
 
-.dc-title {
+.dc-title-wrap {
   width: 100%;
+  min-height: 55px;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 2px 10px;
+}
+
+.dc-title {
   text-align: center;
-  align-self: center;
-  margin-top: 5px;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+}
+
+.dc-checkmark {
+  width: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+}
+
+.dc-checkmark svg {
+  width: 50px;
   height: 50px;
-  margin-bottom: -5px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
 .dc-languages {
-  padding: 0 15px;
-}
-
-.dc-language {
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
   display: flex;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 10px;
+  gap: 2px;
 }
 
 .dc-language-icon {
@@ -83,25 +103,6 @@
   height: 25px;
 }
 
-.dc-small-checkmark {
-  position: relative;
-  /* top: -5px; */
-}
-
-.dc-small-checkmark svg {
-  width: 20px;
-  height: 20px;
-}
-
-.dc-big-checkmark {
-  margin: 0 auto;
-}
-
-.dc-big-checkmark svg {
-  width: 50px;
-  height: 50px;
-}
-
 .not-available:hover,
 .not-available:active {
   cursor: not-allowed;
@@ -132,6 +133,17 @@
   stroke: var(--primary-background);
 }
 
+.dc-language-icon svg path {
+  fill: var(--gray-45);
+  stroke: var(--gray-45);
+}
+
+.available:hover .dc-language-icon svg path,
+.available:active .dc-language-icon svg path {
+  fill: var(--quaternary-background);
+  stroke: var(--quaternary-background);
+}
+
 .available:hover .not-completed svg circle,
 .available:active .not-completed svg circle {
   fill: var(--primary-color);
@@ -162,74 +174,41 @@
   }
 }
 
-@media (max-width: 1345px) {
-  .calendar-day-number,
-  .dc-number,
-  .dc-title {
-    font-size: 0.8rem;
-  }
-
-  .dc-info hr {
-    margin: 10px 0;
-  }
-
-  .calendar-day {
-    min-height: 170px;
-  }
-
-  .dc-language {
-    justify-content: center;
-  }
-
-  .dc-language-name {
-    display: none;
-  }
-}
-
-@media (max-width: 1115px) {
-  .calendar-grid {
-    max-width: unset;
-  }
-
-  .calendar-day {
-    min-height: 125px;
-    padding: 10px;
-  }
-
-  .dc-title,
-  .dc-info hr {
-    display: none;
-  }
-
-  .dc-info {
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: center;
-    align-items: center;
-    height: 80%;
-  }
-
-  .dc-spacer {
-    display: none;
-  }
-}
-
 @media (max-width: 815px) {
   .calendar-day {
     min-height: 100px;
     padding: 0;
   }
 
-  .dc-number {
-    text-align: right;
-    padding-right: 5px;
+  .calendar-day-number {
+    display: none;
   }
 
-  .dc-languages {
+  .dc-info {
     padding: 0;
+    justify-content: center;
   }
 
-  .dc-big-checkmark svg {
+  .dc-title-wrap {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .dc-checkmark {
+    top: unset;
+  }
+
+  .dc-checkmark svg {
     width: 40px;
     height: 40px;
   }
 }
+
+@media (max-width: 1300px) {
+  .dc-title-wrap {
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  .dc-title {
+    font-size: 0.8em;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/helpers.ts b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/helpers.ts
index b01b67c9637..c81b5bdeacd 100644
--- a/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/helpers.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/daily-coding-challenge/helpers.ts
@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ export function formatDisplayDate(dateString: string) {
   }
   return format(parsedDate, 'MMMM d, yyyy');
 }
+
+export function truncate(str: string, maxLength = 35) {
+  if (str.length <= maxLength) {
+    return str;
+  }
+  return str.slice(0, maxLength) + '...';
+}
diff --git a/e2e/daily-coding-challenge.spec.ts b/e2e/daily-coding-challenge.spec.ts
index 62b02ba6aba..34013b1bd51 100644
--- a/e2e/daily-coding-challenge.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/daily-coding-challenge.spec.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ test.describe('Daily Coding Challenge Archive', () => {
 
     await expect(page.getByTestId('calendar-day-completed')).toHaveCount(1);
 
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('calendar-day-not-completed')).toHaveCount(3);
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('calendar-day-not-completed')).toHaveCount(1);
 
     await page.getByTestId('calendar-day-completed').click();
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(