Launch / publish — January 2026
The best days to launch a business in January 2026.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time); every interval prints its UTC offset. 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 January 2026, 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. Fifty is a flat sky; every point above it is computed help, every point below is drag.
The month’s best stretch opens Wed, Jan 21, 2:00 AM EST and holds until Thu, Jan 22, 12:00 PM EST, scoring 76.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thu | 62 | waxing |
| Jan 2 | Fri | 68 | conjunction Jupiter 5:54 PMwaxingvoid Fri 7:23 AM – Fri 8:09 AM |
| Jan 3 | Sat | 53 | conjunction Jupiter 5:54 PMwaningwaxing |
| Jan 4 | Sun | 37 | waningvoid Sun 7:59 AM – Sun 8:43 AM |
| Jan 5 | Mon | 38 | waning |
| Jan 6 | Tue | 39 | sextile Jupiter 12:59 AMwaningvoid Tue 8:04 AM – Tue 11:56 AM |
| Jan 7 | Wed | 46 | sextile Jupiter 12:59 AMwaning |
| Jan 8 | Thu | 36 | sextile Jupiter 12:59 AMsquare Jupiter 10:08 AMwaningvoid Thu 6:22 PM – Thu 7:05 PM |
| Jan 9 | Fri | 30 | square Jupiter 10:08 AMwaning |
| Jan 10 | Sat | 23 | square Jupiter 10:08 AMwaningvoid Sat 12:54 PM – Sun 5:55 AM |
| Jan 11 | Sun | 42 | trine Jupiter 9:45 PMwaningvoid Sat 12:54 PM – Sun 5:55 AM |
| Jan 12 | Mon | 51 | trine Jupiter 9:45 PMwaning |
| Jan 13 | Tue | 37 | waningvoid Tue 5:58 PM – Tue 6:33 PM |
| Jan 14 | Wed | 38 | waning |
| Jan 15 | Thu | 38 | waning |
| Jan 16 | Fri | 30 | opposition Jupiter 8:13 PMwaning |
| Jan 17 | Sat | 28 | opposition Jupiter 8:13 PMwaning |
| Jan 18 | Sun | 46 | waningwaxingvoid Sun 4:56 PM – Sun 5:17 PM |
| Jan 19 | Mon | 62 | waxing |
| Jan 20 | Tue | 60 | waxingvoid Tue 9:16 PM – Wed 1:49 AM |
| Jan 21 | Wed | 73 | trine Jupiter 11:40 AMwaxingvoid Tue 9:16 PM – Wed 1:49 AM |
| Jan 22 | Thu | 69 | trine Jupiter 11:40 AMwaxing |
| Jan 23 | Fri | 57 | square Jupiter 4:36 PMwaxing |
| Jan 24 | Sat | 49 | square Jupiter 4:36 PMwaxingvoid Sat 4:36 PM – Sun 1:05 PM |
| Jan 25 | Sun | 51 | sextile Jupiter 7:40 PMwaxingvoid Sat 4:36 PM – Sun 1:05 PM |
| Jan 26 | Mon | 69 | sextile Jupiter 7:40 PMwaxing |
| Jan 27 | Tue | 59 | waxingvoid Tue 12:57 PM – Tue 3:55 PM |
| Jan 28 | Wed | 62 | waxing |
| Jan 29 | Thu | 62 | conjunction Jupiter 10:18 PMwaxingvoid Thu 2:56 PM – Thu 5:31 PM |
| Jan 30 | Fri | 74 | conjunction Jupiter 10:18 PMwaxing |
| Jan 31 | Sat | 59 | waxingvoid Sat 4:51 PM – Sat 7:08 PM |
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 January 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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