When is the best day to buy a car in October 2027?

The month's best stretch opens Sun, Oct 3, 7:00 PM EDT and holds until Tue, Oct 5, 7:00 PM EDT, scoring 58 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 2027

The best days to buy a car in October 2027.

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 2027, 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 3, 7:00 PM EDT and holds until Tue, Oct 5, 7:00 PM EDT, scoring 58.

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	Fri	34	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Fri, Oct 1, 2027, 6:24 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 1, 2027, 6:24 AM EDT – Fri, Oct 1, 2027, 1:45 PM EDT
Oct 2	Sat	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 3	Sun	30	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 5, 2027, 6:55 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 3, 2027, 2:42 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 3, 2027, 6:55 PM EDT
Oct 4	Mon	58	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 5, 2027, 6:55 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 5	Tue	56	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Oct 5, 2027, 6:55 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 6	Wed	31	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 8, 2027, 6:21 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 5, 2027, 11:01 PM EDT – Wed, Oct 6, 2027, 3:59 AM EDT
Oct 7	Thu	22	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 8, 2027, 6:21 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 8	Fri	11	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Oct 10, 2027, 6:53 PM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 8, 2027, 6:21 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 8, 2027, 6:21 AM EDT – Fri, Oct 8, 2027, 4:09 PM EDT
Oct 9	Sat	32	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Oct 10, 2027, 6:53 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 10	Sun	29	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Oct 10, 2027, 6:53 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 10, 2027, 10:03 PM EDT – Mon, Oct 11, 2027, 5:01 AM EDT
Oct 11	Mon	17	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 10, 2027, 10:03 PM EDT – Mon, Oct 11, 2027, 5:01 AM EDT
Oct 12	Tue	24	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 13	Wed	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Fri, Oct 15, 2027, 2:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 13, 2027, 1:04 PM EDT – Wed, Oct 13, 2027, 4:09 PM EDT
Oct 14	Thu	16	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Fri, Oct 15, 2027, 2:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 15	Fri	14	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Fri, Oct 15, 2027, 2:37 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 15, 2027, 2:37 PM EDT – Sat, Oct 16, 2027, 12:36 AM EDT
Oct 16	Sat	33	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 15, 2027, 2:37 PM EDT – Sat, Oct 16, 2027, 12:36 AM EDT
Oct 17	Sun	16	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 17, 2027, 8:36 AM EDT – Mon, Oct 18, 2027, 6:46 AM EDT
Oct 18	Mon	32	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Oct 20, 2027, 1:23 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 17, 2027, 8:36 AM EDT – Mon, Oct 18, 2027, 6:46 AM EDT
Oct 19	Tue	42	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Oct 20, 2027, 1:23 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 20	Wed	22	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Oct 20, 2027, 1:23 AM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 22, 2027, 4:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 20, 2027, 5:48 AM EDT – Wed, Oct 20, 2027, 11:24 AM EDT
Oct 21	Thu	22	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 22, 2027, 4:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 22	Fri	33	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Oct 22, 2027, 4:54 AM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sun, Oct 24, 2027, 7:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 22, 2027, 1:29 PM EDT – Fri, Oct 22, 2027, 3:02 PM EDT
Oct 23	Sat	46	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sun, Oct 24, 2027, 7:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 24	Sun	26	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sun, Oct 24, 2027, 7:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 24, 2027, 7:36 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 24, 2027, 5:53 PM EDT
Oct 25	Mon	34	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 26	Tue	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Oct 28, 2027, 12:19 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 26, 2027, 8:13 AM EDT – Tue, Oct 26, 2027, 8:21 PM EDT
Oct 27	Wed	20	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Oct 28, 2027, 12:19 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 28	Thu	26	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Oct 28, 2027, 12:19 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 28, 2027, 12:19 PM EDT – Thu, Oct 28, 2027, 11:22 PM EDT
Oct 29	Fri	50	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 30	Sat	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 31	Sun	53	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Mon, Nov 1, 2027, 11:40 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 31, 2027, 2:00 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 31, 2027, 4:24 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 2027. 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.

Nearby

The coming week, in one email

Astrological rankings for the coming week, calculated for your timezone. Free, with an unsubscribe link in every email.

Chart my own week The method

Engine 0.6.1 · config v3 · JPL de440s.bsp · tzdata 2026.3. Rankings use the computed conditions and the scoring rules published in Method.