diff --git a/src/lib/api.ts b/src/lib/api.ts
index 3df6360..12e308c 100644
--- a/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -135,18 +135,15 @@ export function calculateTimeRemaining(endDate: string): {
   const minutes = Math.floor((totalSeconds % 3600) / 60);
   const seconds = totalSeconds % 60;
 
-  // Pad numbers to 2 digits for consistent width
-  const pad = (n: number) => n.toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  // Fixed-width formatting: %3dd %2dh %2dm %2ds or %2dh %2dm %2ds
+  const pad2 = (n: number) => n.toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  const pad3 = (n: number) => n.toString().padStart(3, ' ');
 
   let formatted: string;
   if (days > 0) {
-    formatted = `${days}d ${pad(hours)}h ${pad(minutes)}m ${pad(seconds)}s`;
-  } else if (hours > 0) {
-    formatted = `${pad(hours)}h ${pad(minutes)}m ${pad(seconds)}s`;
-  } else if (minutes > 0) {
-    formatted = `${pad(minutes)}m ${pad(seconds)}s`;
+    formatted = `${pad3(days)}d ${pad2(hours)}h ${pad2(minutes)}m ${pad2(seconds)}s`;
   } else {
-    formatted = `${pad(seconds)}s`;
+    formatted = `${pad2(hours)}h ${pad2(minutes)}m ${pad2(seconds)}s`;
   }
 
   // Status based on time remaining