diff --git a/packages/main/cypress/specs/Calendar.cy.tsx b/packages/main/cypress/specs/Calendar.cy.tsx
index f53b10890dcb..9ed1429585ac 100644
--- a/packages/main/cypress/specs/Calendar.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/cypress/specs/Calendar.cy.tsx
@@ -1760,6 +1760,36 @@ describe("Day Picker Tests", () => {
 				expect(todayFromTimestamp.getFullYear()).to.equal(actualToday.getFullYear());
 			});
 	});
+
+	it("mousedown + arrow navigation + click keeps focus at navigated cell, selection on clicked cell", () => {
+		const date = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 9, 10, 0, 0, 0));
+		cy.mount(getDefaultCalendar(date));
+
+		const day15Timestamp = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 9, 15, 0, 0, 0)).valueOf() / 1000;
+		const day12Timestamp = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0)).valueOf() / 1000;
+
+		// mousedown on 15th — focus moves to 15th
+		cy.ui5CalendarGetDay("#calendar1", day15Timestamp.toString())
+			.realMouseDown();
+
+		// press arrow left three times — focus moves to 12th
+		cy.realPress("ArrowLeft");
+		cy.realPress("ArrowLeft");
+		cy.realPress("ArrowLeft");
+
+		cy.ui5CalendarGetDay("#calendar1", day12Timestamp.toString())
+			.should("have.focus");
+
+		// mouseup on 15th — selection goes to 15th, focus stays on 12th
+		cy.ui5CalendarGetDay("#calendar1", day15Timestamp.toString())
+			.realMouseUp();
+
+		cy.ui5CalendarGetDay("#calendar1", day12Timestamp.toString())
+			.should("have.focus");
+
+		cy.ui5CalendarGetDay("#calendar1", day15Timestamp.toString())
+			.should("have.class", "ui5-dp-item--selected");
+	});
 });
 
 describe("Calendar Global Configuration", () => {
diff --git a/packages/main/src/DayPicker.ts b/packages/main/src/DayPicker.ts
index 7b813b3223b6..f47dc63d4c6f 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/DayPicker.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/DayPicker.ts
@@ -503,9 +503,10 @@ class DayPicker extends CalendarPart implements ICalendarPicker {
 	 * Selects/deselects a day.
 	 * @param e
 	 * @param isShift true if the user did Click+Shift or Enter+Shift (but not Space+Shift)
+	 * @param setTimestamp whether to move focus (timestamp) to the selected day; false for mouse clicks where focus is independent
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	_selectDate(e: Event, isShift: boolean) {
+	_selectDate(e: Event, isShift: boolean, setTimestamp = true) {
 		let target = e.target as HTMLElement;
 
 		if (!target.hasAttribute("data-sap-timestamp")) {
@@ -518,7 +519,9 @@ class DayPicker extends CalendarPart implements ICalendarPicker {
 
 		const timestamp = this._getTimestampFromDom(target);
 
-		this._safelySetTimestamp(timestamp);
+		if (setTimestamp) {
+			this._safelySetTimestamp(timestamp);
+		}
 		this._updateSecondTimestamp();
 		this._updateSelectedDates(timestamp, isShift);
 
@@ -597,6 +600,21 @@ class DayPicker extends CalendarPart implements ICalendarPicker {
 		this.selectedDates = this.selectedDates.filter(value => value !== timestamp);
 	}
 
+	_onmousedown(e: MouseEvent) {
+		let target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+
+		if (!target.hasAttribute("data-sap-timestamp")) {
+			target = target.parentNode as HTMLElement;
+		}
+
+		if (!this._isDayPressed(target)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		this._safelySetTimestamp(this._getTimestampFromDom(target));
+		this.fireDecoratorEvent("navigate", { timestamp: this.timestamp! });
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Called when at least one day is selected and the user presses "Shift".
 	 * @param timestamp
@@ -714,7 +732,7 @@ class DayPicker extends CalendarPart implements ICalendarPicker {
 	 * @private
 	 */
 	_onclick(e: MouseEvent) {
-		this._selectDate(e, e.shiftKey);
+		this._selectDate(e, e.shiftKey, false);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/packages/main/src/DayPickerTemplate.tsx b/packages/main/src/DayPickerTemplate.tsx
index 40be6e05d6ad..dcb22972dee1 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/DayPickerTemplate.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/src/DayPickerTemplate.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default function DayPickerTemplate(this: DayPicker) {
 			}}
 			onKeyDown={this._onkeydown}
 			onKeyUp={this._onkeyup}
+			onMouseDown={this._onmousedown}
 			onClick={this._onclick}
 			onMouseOver={this._onmouseover}
 		>