Launch / publish — May 2025
The best days to launch a business in May 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 launch on the calendar. Here is May 2025, 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 Thu, May 8, 4:00 AM EDT and holds until Sat, May 10, 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 | Thu | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:48 PM EDT – Thu, May 1, 2025, 3:22 AM EDT |
| May 2 | Fri | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 3 | Sat | 64 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 5, 2025, 12:43 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 3, 2025, 4:02 AM EDT – Sat, May 3, 2025, 7:29 AM EDT |
| May 4 | Sun | 70 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 5, 2025, 12:43 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 5 | Mon | 53 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, May 5, 2025, 12:43 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 7, 2025, 12:30 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 5, 2025, 9:03 AM EDT – Mon, May 5, 2025, 3:39 PM EDT |
| May 6 | Tue | 54 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 7, 2025, 12:30 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 7 | Wed | 58 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, May 7, 2025, 12:30 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 8 | Thu | 71 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 10, 2025, 2:17 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 8, 2025, 12:11 AM EDT – Thu, May 8, 2025, 3:06 AM EDT |
| May 9 | Fri | 76 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 10, 2025, 2:17 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 10 | Sat | 50 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 10, 2025, 2:17 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 10, 2025, 2:17 AM EDT – Sat, May 10, 2025, 3:58 PM EDT |
| May 11 | Sun | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 12 | Mon | 51 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 13 | Tue | 26 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 15, 2025, 4:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, May 13, 2025, 2:36 AM EDT – Tue, May 13, 2025, 4:34 AM EDT |
| May 14 | Wed | 26 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 15, 2025, 4:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 15 | Thu | 34 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, May 15, 2025, 4:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 15, 2025, 2:28 PM EDT – Thu, May 15, 2025, 3:57 PM EDT |
| May 16 | Fri | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 17 | Sat | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 18 | Sun | 50 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Tue, May 20, 2025, 12:12 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 18, 2025, 12:26 AM EDT – Sun, May 18, 2025, 1:29 AM EDT |
| May 19 | Mon | 52 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Tue, May 20, 2025, 12:12 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 20 | Tue | 33 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, May 22, 2025, 5:27 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Tue, May 20, 2025, 12:12 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, May 20, 2025, 7:58 AM EDT – Tue, May 20, 2025, 8:28 AM EDT |
| May 21 | Wed | 30 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, May 22, 2025, 5:27 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 22 | Thu | 40 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 24, 2025, 7:43 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, May 22, 2025, 5:27 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 23 | Fri | 46 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 24, 2025, 7:43 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 24 | Sat | 34 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, May 24, 2025, 7:43 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 24, 2025, 7:43 AM EDT – Sat, May 24, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT |
| May 25 | Sun | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 26 | Mon | 39 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 28, 2025, 9:00 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 26, 2025, 9:51 AM EDT – Mon, May 26, 2025, 1:21 PM EDT |
| May 27 | Tue | 74 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 28, 2025, 9:00 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 28 | Wed | 63 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, May 28, 2025, 9:00 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 28, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT – Wed, May 28, 2025, 1:32 PM EDT |
| May 29 | Thu | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 30 | Fri | 60 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 7:38 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, May 30, 2025, 12:50 PM EDT – Fri, May 30, 2025, 4:16 PM EDT |
| May 31 | Sat | 70 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 7:38 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
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 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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