When is the best day to have a hard conversation in October 2026?

The month's best stretch opens Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 PM EDT and holds until Wed, Oct 7, 3:00 PM EDT, scoring 65 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.

Talk / discuss — October 2026

The best days to have a hard conversation 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 conversation on the calendar. Here is October 2026, scored for talking: 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 Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 PM EDT and holds until Wed, Oct 7, 3:00 PM EDT, scoring 65.

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	54	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	41	Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:35 PM 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	42	Waning 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	32	Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:43 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	52	Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:43 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 6	Tue	38	Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:56 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	52	Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:56 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	29	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	50	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	47	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	40	Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 2:48 PM 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	54	Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 2:48 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 13	Tue	30	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	47	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 15	Thu	40	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	44	Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 11:07 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	57	Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 11:07 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 18	Sun	36	Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 1:42 PM 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	35	Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 1:42 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 20	Tue	40	Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 1:42 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 21	Wed	51	Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 11:31 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	61	Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 11:31 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 23	Fri	30	Waxing 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	29	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 25	Sun	21	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 5:11 AM 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	17	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 5:11 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 27	Tue	17	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 5:11 AM 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	33	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 29	Thu	28	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 3:01 AM 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	47	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 3:01 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 31	Sat	29	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 3:01 AM 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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