Ask / request — October 2026
The best days to ask for a raise in October 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 October 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 Sun, Oct 11, 12:00 PM EDT and holds until Mon, Oct 12, 1:00 AM EDT, scoring 70.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Thu | 41 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:54 PM EDT |
| Oct 2 | Fri | 30 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:15 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:54 PM EDT |
| Oct 3 | Sat | 34 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:15 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:54 PM EDT |
| Oct 4 | Sun | 21 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:54 PM EDT |
| Oct 5 | Mon | 39 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 6 | Tue | 26 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 1:08 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 6:22 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 10:52 PM EDT |
| Oct 7 | Wed | 37 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 1:08 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:56 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT |
| Oct 8 | Thu | 17 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:56 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT |
| Oct 9 | Fri | 37 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:56 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT |
| Oct 10 | Sat | 46 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT |
| Oct 11 | Sun | 52 | Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 12:26 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT |
| Oct 12 | Mon | 58 | Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 12:26 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 13 | Tue | 41 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 4:45 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 8:59 PM EDT |
| Oct 14 | Wed | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 15 | Thu | 52 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 5:55 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT |
| Oct 16 | Fri | 52 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 6:51 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 5:55 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT |
| Oct 17 | Sat | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 18 | Sun | 48 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Mon, Oct 19, 2026, 4:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 12:12 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 9:39 PM EDT |
| Oct 19 | Mon | 56 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Mon, Oct 19, 2026, 4:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 20 | Tue | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 21 | Wed | 56 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 12:51 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 4:42 AM EDT – Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 8:35 AM EDT |
| Oct 22 | Thu | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 23 | Fri | 37 | Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 6:59 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 11:31 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 23, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT |
| Oct 24 | Sat | 31 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 6:59 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 25 | Sun | 29 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 6:59 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 6:59 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 7:34 PM EDT |
| Oct 26 | Mon | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 27 | Tue | 14 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 5:43 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 10:51 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 9:01 PM EDT |
| Oct 28 | Wed | 38 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 5:43 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 29 | Thu | 29 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:59 PM EDTApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 5:43 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT – Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 10:05 PM EDT |
| Oct 30 | Fri | 16 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Oct 31 | Sat | 12 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT – Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 12:18 AM 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 October 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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