Launch / publish — February 2026
The best days to launch a business in February 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 launch on the calendar. Here is February 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. 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, Feb 17, 10:00 AM EST and holds until Wed, Feb 18, 2:00 PM EST, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | Sun | 56 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 2 | Mon | 33 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 4:37 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Feb 2, 2026, 5:55 PM EST – Mon, Feb 2, 2026, 10:21 PM EST |
| Feb 3 | Tue | 46 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 4:37 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 4 | Wed | 40 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 4:37 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 5 | Thu | 30 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 12:21 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 2:49 AM EST – Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 4:32 AM EST |
| Feb 6 | Fri | 34 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 12:21 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 7 | Sat | 35 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 11:10 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 6:59 AM EST – Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 2:13 PM EST |
| Feb 8 | Sun | 52 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 11:10 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 9 | Mon | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 10 | Tue | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 11 | Wed | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 12 | Thu | 34 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 10:27 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 13 | Fri | 26 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 10:27 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 14 | Sat | 35 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:31 PM EST – Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 1:16 AM EST |
| Feb 15 | Sun | 36 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:31 PM EST – Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 1:16 AM EST |
| Feb 16 | Mon | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 17 | Tue | 60 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:30 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 7:01 AM EST – Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 9:09 AM EST |
| Feb 18 | Wed | 70 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 1:30 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 19 | Thu | 55 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 5:49 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 10:22 AM EST – Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 2:39 PM EST |
| Feb 20 | Fri | 56 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 5:49 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 21 | Sat | 51 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 8:55 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 6:11 AM EST – Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 6:30 PM EST |
| Feb 22 | Sun | 69 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 8:55 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 23 | Mon | 58 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 5:28 PM EST – Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 9:28 PM EST |
| Feb 24 | Tue | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 25 | Wed | 57 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 6:00 PM EST – Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 12:11 AM EST |
| Feb 26 | Thu | 65 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 2:10 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 6:00 PM EST – Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 12:11 AM EST |
| Feb 27 | Fri | 56 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 2:10 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Feb 28 | Sat | 50 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 11:21 PM EST – Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 3:16 AM EST |
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 February 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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