Launch / publish — April 2026
The best days to launch a business in April 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 April 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, Apr 21, 2:00 PM EDT and holds until Wed, Apr 22, 7:00 PM EDT, scoring 74.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | Wed | 53 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 4:55 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 2 | Thu | 17 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 4:55 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 4:55 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 3, 2026, 8:10 AM EDT |
| Apr 3 | Fri | 37 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 3:42 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 4:55 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 3, 2026, 8:10 AM EDT |
| Apr 4 | Sat | 47 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 3:42 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 5 | Sun | 36 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 7:31 PM EDT |
| Apr 6 | Mon | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 7 | Tue | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 8 | Wed | 27 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 5:10 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 5:51 AM EDT – Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 8:04 AM EDT |
| Apr 9 | Thu | 29 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 5:10 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 10 | Fri | 37 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:23 PM EDT – Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:55 PM EDT |
| Apr 11 | Sat | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 12 | Sun | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 13 | Mon | 48 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 11:22 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 3:42 AM EDT – Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 4:55 AM EDT |
| Apr 14 | Tue | 45 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 11:22 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 15 | Wed | 33 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:53 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 9:07 AM EDT – Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 10:03 AM EDT |
| Apr 16 | Thu | 33 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:53 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 17 | Fri | 54 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 4:01 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 7:51 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:57 AM EDT |
| Apr 18 | Sat | 68 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 4:01 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 19 | Sun | 61 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 11:44 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT |
| Apr 20 | Mon | 39 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:17 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT |
| Apr 21 | Tue | 52 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 6:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:17 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT |
| Apr 22 | Wed | 72 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 6:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 23 | Thu | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 24 | Fri | 57 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 6:20 PM EDT – Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 9:04 PM EDT |
| Apr 25 | Sat | 40 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 7:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 6:20 PM EDT – Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 9:04 PM EDT |
| Apr 26 | Sun | 70 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 7:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 27 | Mon | 48 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 7:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 7:11 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 5:02 AM EDT |
| Apr 28 | Tue | 50 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 5:06 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 7:11 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 5:02 AM EDT |
| Apr 29 | Wed | 56 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 5:06 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Apr 30 | Thu | 55 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sat, May 2, 2026, 4:47 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 4:51 AM EDT – Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 3:01 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 April 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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