Ask / request — April 2024
The best days to ask for a raise in April 2024.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Event and interval times include their Eastern Time zone label (EDT or EST). A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.
You’ve got the raise on the calendar. Here is April 2024, scored for asking: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.
The month’s best stretch opens Thu, Apr 25, 10:00 PM EDT and holds until Sun, Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT, scoring 56.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
Rows list factors in that day’s hourly samples. An applying aspect’s exact date can fall on a later day.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | Mon | 45 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 12:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:15 PM EDT – Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 12:05 AM EDT |
| Apr 2 | Tue | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 12:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 3 | Wed | 20 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 12:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 1:40 AM EDT – Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 5:07 AM EDT |
| Apr 4 | Thu | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 5 | Fri | 18 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 1:39 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 7:12 AM EDT |
| Apr 6 | Sat | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 7 | Sun | 23 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 12:21 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 4:26 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 7:24 AM EDT |
| Apr 8 | Mon | 29 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 10:38 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 7:23 AM EDT |
| Apr 9 | Tue | 32 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 10:38 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 7:23 AM EDT |
| Apr 10 | Wed | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 11 | Thu | 43 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 11:47 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 6:03 AM EDT – Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 8:58 AM EDT |
| Apr 12 | Fri | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 13 | Sat | 34 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 11:23 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 10:46 AM EDT – Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 1:44 PM EDT |
| Apr 14 | Sun | 36 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 11:23 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 15 | Mon | 37 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 4:03 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 7:22 PM EDT – Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 10:23 PM EDT |
| Apr 16 | Tue | 54 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 4:03 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 17 | Wed | 43 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 4:03 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 18 | Thu | 38 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 8:02 AM EDT – Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 10:10 AM EDT |
| Apr 19 | Fri | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 20 | Sat | 37 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 8:19 PM EDT – Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 11:08 PM EDT |
| Apr 21 | Sun | 28 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 22 | Mon | 26 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:19 AM EDT |
| Apr 23 | Tue | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:19 AM EDT |
| Apr 24 | Wed | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 25 | Thu | 34 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 2:56 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 7:16 PM EDT – Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT |
| Apr 26 | Fri | 56 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 2:56 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 27 | Sat | 56 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 2:56 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 28 | Sun | 42 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 2:56 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:37 AM EDT |
| Apr 29 | Mon | 42 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 30 | Tue | 41 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 2:04 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
How to read this
Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for April 2024. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.
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