Ask / request — March 2026
The best days to ask for a raise in March 2026.
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 March 2026, 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 Fri, Mar 27, 11:00 AM EDT and holds until Sun, Mar 29, 2:00 PM EDT, scoring 72.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | Sun | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 2 | Mon | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 9:41 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 3 | Tue | 17 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 9:41 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 4 | Wed | 15 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 9:41 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 9:53 AM EST – Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 1:55 PM EST |
| Mar 5 | Thu | 19 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 6:22 PM EST – Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 11:01 PM EST |
| Mar 6 | Fri | 0 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 6:22 PM EST – Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 11:01 PM EST |
| Mar 7 | Sat | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 8 | Sun | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 9 | Mon | 25 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 8:34 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 7:28 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT |
| Mar 10 | Tue | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 11 | Wed | 5 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT – Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 12:07 AM EDT |
| Mar 12 | Thu | 18 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 3:58 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT – Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 12:07 AM EDT |
| Mar 13 | Fri | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 14 | Sat | 24 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 8:42 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:33 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 11:13 AM EDT |
| Mar 15 | Sun | 27 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 8:42 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 16 | Mon | 20 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 3:56 PM EDT – Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT |
| Mar 17 | Tue | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 18 | Wed | 23 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 9:23 PM EDT – Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT |
| Mar 19 | Thu | 50 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 9:23 PM EDT – Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT |
| Mar 20 | Fri | 30 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:35 AM EDT |
| Mar 21 | Sat | 55 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:35 AM EDT |
| Mar 22 | Sun | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 23 | Mon | 61 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 1:39 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 4:18 AM EDT |
| Mar 24 | Tue | 59 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 AM EDT |
| Mar 25 | Wed | 45 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 2:53 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 AM EDT |
| Mar 26 | Thu | 50 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 2:53 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 27 | Fri | 61 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 2:53 AM EDTApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:40 AM EDT – Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT |
| Mar 28 | Sat | 72 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 29 | Sun | 64 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT – Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 3:33 PM EDT |
| Mar 30 | Mon | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Mar 31 | Tue | 56 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 8:31 PM EDT – Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 10:50 PM EDT |
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 March 2026. 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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