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

The month's best stretch opens Fri, Oct 11, 1:00 PM EDT and holds until Sun, Oct 13, 2:00 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 — October 2024

The best days to launch a business in October 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 October 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 Fri, Oct 11, 1:00 PM EDT and holds until Sun, Oct 13, 2:00 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
Oct 1	Tue	40	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 12:29 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 1:40 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 5:38 PM EDT – Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 6:19 PM EDT
Oct 2	Wed	61	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 1:40 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 3	Thu	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 1:40 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 4	Fri	61	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 6:40 AM EDT – Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 7:22 AM EDT
Oct 5	Sat	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 6	Sun	59	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Tue, Oct 8, 2024, 1:09 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 6:52 PM EDT – Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 7:34 PM EDT
Oct 7	Mon	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Tue, Oct 8, 2024, 1:09 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 8	Tue	55	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Tue, Oct 8, 2024, 1:09 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 9	Wed	58	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 1:53 AM EDT – Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 5:38 AM EDT
Oct 10	Thu	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 11	Fri	67	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 1:22 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 11:53 AM EDT – Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 12:31 PM EDT
Oct 12	Sat	76	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 1:22 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 13	Sun	55	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 2:37 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 1:22 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 10:11 AM EDT – Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 3:55 PM EDT
Oct 14	Mon	54	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 2:37 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 15	Tue	63	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 2:09 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 2:37 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 16	Wed	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 2:09 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 17	Thu	47	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 2:09 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 18	Fri	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 19	Sat	40	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 3:24 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:33 PM EDT – Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:07 PM EDT
Oct 20	Sun	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 3:24 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 21	Mon	38	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 3:24 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 4:59 PM EDT – Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 6:49 PM EDT
Oct 22	Tue	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 23	Wed	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 24	Thu	44	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 12:47 AM EDT – Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 1:23 AM EDT
Oct 25	Fri	44	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 26	Sat	27	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 5:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 4:03 AM EDT – Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 11:47 AM EDT
Oct 27	Sun	30	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 5:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 28	Mon	36	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 5:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 29	Tue	50	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 6:22 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 11:54 PM EDT – Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 12:29 AM EDT
Oct 30	Wed	49	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 6:22 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Oct 31	Thu	37	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 12:57 PM EDT – Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 1:29 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 October 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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