When is the best day to ask for a raise in November 2026?

The month's best stretch opens Sun, Nov 15, 5:00 AM EST and holds until Tue, Nov 17, 3:00 AM EST, scoring 72 against a base of 50, computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.

How are these scores computed?

Every hour is rated on four factors — the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon's phase, and its next applying aspect for this kind of decision — then averaged per local day under a versioned config. These pages stop there, because a page has no location; the app adds a fifth factor, the Moon's house, once it knows where you are, which is what lets it name an hour rather than a 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.

What does void-of-course mean?

The interval after the Moon's last exact major aspect in a sign, until it enters the next. Orrery uses a modern definition and assigns a score penalty to starts during this interval.

Ask / request — November 2026

The best days to ask for a raise in November 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 November 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, Nov 15, 5:00 AM EST and holds until Tue, Nov 17, 3:00 AM EST, 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
Nov 1	Sun	31	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:10 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT – Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 12:18 AM EDT
Nov 2	Mon	26	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:10 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:10 PM EST – Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 3:27 AM EST
Nov 3	Tue	20	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:10 PM EST – Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 3:27 AM EST
Nov 4	Wed	1	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Nov 4, 2026, 1:57 AM EST – Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 9:38 AM EST
Nov 5	Thu	21	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 5:49 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Nov 4, 2026, 1:57 AM EST – Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 9:38 AM EST
Nov 6	Fri	36	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 5:49 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 7	Sat	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 5:49 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 8:19 AM EST – Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 5:39 PM EST
Nov 8	Sun	24	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 9	Mon	33	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Nov 9, 2026, 6:25 PM EST – Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 3:35 AM EST
Nov 10	Tue	42	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 1:11 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Nov 9, 2026, 6:25 PM EST – Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 3:35 AM EST
Nov 11	Wed	48	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 1:11 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 12	Thu	29	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 1:11 AM ESTApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 1:55 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 6:29 AM EST – Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 3:27 PM EST
Nov 13	Fri	42	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 1:55 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 14	Sat	43	Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 1:55 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 1:55 PM EST – Sun, Nov 15, 2026, 4:24 AM EST
Nov 15	Sun	64	Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 2:43 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 1:55 PM EST – Sun, Nov 15, 2026, 4:24 AM EST
Nov 16	Mon	72	Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 2:43 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 17	Tue	52	Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 2:43 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 9:25 AM EST – Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 4:19 PM EST
Nov 18	Wed	58	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 19	Thu	55	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Nov 19, 2026, 8:46 PM EST – Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 12:52 AM EST
Nov 20	Fri	45	Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sat, Nov 21, 2026, 7:09 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Nov 19, 2026, 8:46 PM EST – Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 12:52 AM EST
Nov 21	Sat	48	Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sat, Nov 21, 2026, 7:09 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 22	Sun	55	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Nov 22, 2026, 2:38 AM EST – Sun, Nov 22, 2026, 5:09 AM EST
Nov 23	Mon	58	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 24	Tue	58	Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Nov 25, 2026, 10:51 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Nov 24, 2026, 5:09 AM EST – Tue, Nov 24, 2026, 6:09 AM EST
Nov 25	Wed	55	Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Nov 25, 2026, 10:51 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 26	Thu	31	Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 12:40 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Nov 26, 2026, 12:23 AM EST – Thu, Nov 26, 2026, 5:51 AM EST
Nov 27	Fri	34	Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 12:40 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 28	Sat	41	Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 5:10 AM ESTApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 12:40 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 12:40 AM EST – Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 6:20 AM EST
Nov 29	Sun	50	Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 5:10 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Nov 30	Mon	40	Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 5:10 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 5:10 AM EST – Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 9:12 AM EST

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 November 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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