When is the best day to buy a car in October 2025?

The month's best stretch opens Sun, Oct 12, 3:00 AM EDT and holds until Tue, Oct 14, 2:00 AM EDT, scoring 68 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.

Sign / commit — October 2025

The best days to buy a car in October 2025.

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 purchase on the calendar. Here is October 2025, scored for committing: 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 12, 3:00 AM EDT and holds until Tue, Oct 14, 2:00 AM EDT, scoring 68.

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	Wed	45	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 11:33 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 11:33 AM EDT – Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 3:51 PM EDT
Oct 2	Thu	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 3	Fri	36	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 8:29 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 10:07 PM EDT
Oct 4	Sat	38	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 8:29 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 5	Sun	36	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 8:29 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 8:29 PM EDT – Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 AM EDT
Oct 6	Mon	45	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 8:29 PM EDT – Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 AM EDT
Oct 7	Tue	46	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 2:23 PM EDT – Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 1:12 AM EDT
Oct 8	Wed	61	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 8:31 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 2:23 PM EDT – Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 1:12 AM EDT
Oct 9	Thu	60	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 8:31 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 8:31 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 1:11 AM EDT
Oct 10	Fri	43	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 9:29 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 8:31 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 1:11 AM EDT
Oct 11	Sat	44	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 9:29 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 10:55 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 12, 2025, 2:37 AM EDT
Oct 12	Sun	63	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:05 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 10:55 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 12, 2025, 2:37 AM EDT
Oct 13	Mon	68	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:05 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 14	Tue	51	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:05 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:05 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:47 AM EDT
Oct 15	Wed	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 16	Thu	36	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:10 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 1:06 AM EDT – Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 2:05 PM EDT
Oct 17	Fri	42	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:10 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 18	Sat	38	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:10 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:10 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 12:01 AM EDT
Oct 19	Sun	55	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:10 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 12:01 AM EDT
Oct 20	Mon	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 21	Tue	52	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 4:38 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 8:25 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 11:42 AM EDT
Oct 22	Wed	58	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 4:38 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 23	Thu	54	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 4:38 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 24	Fri	34	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 25	Sat	34	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 26	Sun	47	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 4:06 PM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 27	Mon	54	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 4:06 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 28	Tue	52	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 4:06 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 29	Wed	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 30	Thu	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 31	Fri	35	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 3:30 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:15 AM EDT – Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 7:46 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 2025. 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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