When is the best day to launch a business in May 2024?

The month's best stretch opens Wed, May 15, 6:00 PM EDT and holds until Sat, May 18, 3:00 AM EDT, scoring 76 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.

Launch / publish — May 2024

The best days to launch a business in May 2024.

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 launch on the calendar. Here is May 2024, scored for launching: 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 Wed, May 15, 6:00 PM EDT and holds until Sat, May 18, 3:00 AM EDT, scoring 76.

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
May 1	Wed	30	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, May 2, 2024, 5:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
May 2	Thu	30	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 4, 2024, 8:22 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, May 2, 2024, 5:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 2, 2024, 5:28 AM EDT – Thu, May 2, 2024, 2:51 PM EDT
May 3	Fri	46	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 4, 2024, 8:22 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
May 4	Sat	40	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 4, 2024, 8:22 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 4, 2024, 3:06 PM EDT – Sat, May 4, 2024, 4:40 PM EDT
May 5	Sun	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
May 6	Mon	24	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 8, 2024, 12:30 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 6, 2024, 1:57 AM EDT – Mon, May 6, 2024, 5:42 PM EDT
May 7	Tue	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 8, 2024, 12:30 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
May 8	Wed	66	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 8, 2024, 12:30 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 8, 2024, 5:55 PM EDT – Wed, May 8, 2024, 7:20 PM EDT
May 9	Thu	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 10	Fri	60	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, May 10, 2024, 9:48 PM EDT – Fri, May 10, 2024, 11:13 PM EDT
May 11	Sat	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 12	Sun	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 13	Mon	56	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:52 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 15, 2024, 12:41 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:12 AM EDT – Mon, May 13, 2024, 6:36 AM EDT
May 14	Tue	54	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 15, 2024, 12:41 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 15	Wed	56	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 15, 2024, 12:41 PM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 18, 2024, 2:41 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 15, 2024, 12:41 PM EDT – Wed, May 15, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT
May 16	Thu	76	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 18, 2024, 2:41 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 17	Fri	76	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 18, 2024, 2:41 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 18	Sat	63	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 18, 2024, 2:41 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 18, 2024, 5:08 AM EDT – Sat, May 18, 2024, 6:22 AM EDT
May 19	Sun	50	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 19, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT – Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT
May 20	Mon	40	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:13 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 19, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT – Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT
May 21	Tue	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:13 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 22	Wed	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:13 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
May 23	Thu	45	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:13 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:27 AM EDT – Thu, May 23, 2024, 4:24 AM EDT
May 24	Fri	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
May 25	Sat	37	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 25, 2024, 10:47 AM EDT – Sat, May 25, 2024, 11:35 AM EDT
May 26	Sun	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
May 27	Mon	39	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, May 27, 2024, 5:32 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
May 28	Tue	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
May 29	Wed	27	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 29, 2024, 10:12 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 29, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT – Wed, May 29, 2024, 8:32 PM EDT
May 30	Thu	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
May 31	Fri	37	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, May 31, 2024, 10:54 PM EDT – Fri, May 31, 2024, 11:28 PM 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 May 2024. 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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