Launch / publish — September 2026
The best days to launch a podcast in September 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 first episode on the calendar. Here is September 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 Wed, Sep 16, 1:00 PM EDT and holds until Fri, Sep 18, 12:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Tue | 26 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 4:18 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 3:47 PM EDT – Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 4:01 AM EDT |
| Sep 2 | Wed | 19 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 4:18 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 6:46 AM EDT – Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 7:47 AM EDT |
| Sep 3 | Thu | 35 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 8:17 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 6:46 AM EDT – Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 7:47 AM EDT |
| Sep 4 | Fri | 41 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 8:17 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 5 | Sat | 32 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Sep 5, 2026, 4:39 AM EDT – Sat, Sep 5, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT |
| Sep 6 | Sun | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 7 | Mon | 40 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 2:36 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Sep 7, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 7, 2026, 12:49 PM EDT |
| Sep 8 | Tue | 46 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 2:36 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 9 | Wed | 37 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT – Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 3:35 PM EDT |
| Sep 10 | Thu | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 11 | Fri | 45 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 1:07 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:52 AM EDT – Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT |
| Sep 12 | Sat | 70 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 1:07 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 13 | Sun | 49 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 1:07 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 10:26 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 2:43 AM EDT |
| Sep 14 | Mon | 52 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 10:35 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 10:26 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 2:43 AM EDT |
| Sep 15 | Tue | 58 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 10:35 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 16 | Wed | 55 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Sep 17, 2026, 11:00 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 11:29 PM EDT – Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 12:41 PM EDT |
| Sep 17 | Thu | 76 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Sep 17, 2026, 11:00 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 18 | Fri | 55 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT – Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:54 AM EDT |
| Sep 19 | Sat | 61 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT – Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:54 AM EDT |
| Sep 20 | Sun | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 21 | Mon | 54 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:47 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:31 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 1:14 PM EDT |
| Sep 22 | Tue | 50 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:47 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 23 | Wed | 42 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:47 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:18 AM EDT – Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:23 PM EDT |
| Sep 24 | Thu | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 25 | Fri | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 26 | Sat | 59 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:46 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:31 AM EDT – Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:23 AM EDT |
| Sep 27 | Sun | 47 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:46 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Sep 28 | Mon | 28 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:50 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:40 AM EDT |
| Sep 29 | Tue | 27 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM EDT – Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:26 PM EDT |
| Sep 30 | Wed | 27 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM EDT – Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:26 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 September 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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