When is the best day to launch a podcast in March 2027?

The month's best stretch opens Tue, Mar 9, 5:00 AM EST and holds until Wed, Mar 10, 3:00 PM EST, scoring 76 against a base of 50, computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.

How are these scores computed?

Every hour is rated on four factors — the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon's phase, and its next applying aspect for this kind of decision — then averaged per local day under a versioned config. These pages stop there, because a page has no location; the app adds a fifth factor, the Moon's house, once it knows where you are, which is what lets it name an hour rather than a 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.

What does void-of-course mean?

The interval after the Moon's last exact major aspect in a sign, until it enters the next. Orrery uses a modern definition and assigns a score penalty to starts during this interval.

Launch / publish — March 2027

The best days to launch a podcast in March 2027.

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 March 2027, 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, Mar 9, 5:00 AM EST and holds until Wed, Mar 10, 3:00 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
Mar 1	Mon	24	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 1, 2027, 11:19 AM EST – Mon, Mar 1, 2027, 5:35 PM EST
Mar 2	Tue	27	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 2, 2027, 8:37 PM EST – Thu, Mar 4, 2027, 6:31 AM EST
Mar 3	Wed	10	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 2, 2027, 8:37 PM EST – Thu, Mar 4, 2027, 6:31 AM EST
Mar 4	Thu	22	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Fri, Mar 5, 2027, 9:02 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 2, 2027, 8:37 PM EST – Thu, Mar 4, 2027, 6:31 AM EST
Mar 5	Fri	27	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Fri, Mar 5, 2027, 9:02 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 6	Sat	29	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 6, 2027, 9:00 AM EST – Sat, Mar 6, 2027, 6:25 PM EST
Mar 7	Sun	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 8	Mon	37	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 8, 2027, 4:29 AM EST – Tue, Mar 9, 2027, 4:02 AM EST
Mar 9	Tue	68	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Mar 10, 2027, 2:42 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 8, 2027, 4:29 AM EST – Tue, Mar 9, 2027, 4:02 AM EST
Mar 10	Wed	71	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Wed, Mar 10, 2027, 2:42 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 11	Thu	47	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Mar 12, 2027, 8:16 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 11, 2027, 12:06 AM EST – Thu, Mar 11, 2027, 11:16 AM EST
Mar 12	Fri	55	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Fri, Mar 12, 2027, 8:16 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 13	Sat	56	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Mar 15, 2027, 1:09 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 13, 2027, 8:32 AM EST – Sat, Mar 13, 2027, 4:30 PM EST
Mar 14	Sun	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Mar 15, 2027, 1:09 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 15	Mon	57	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Mar 15, 2027, 1:09 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 15, 2027, 4:52 PM EDT – Mon, Mar 15, 2027, 9:10 PM EDT
Mar 16	Tue	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 17	Wed	57	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 17, 2027, 6:51 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 17, 2027, 11:40 PM EDT
Mar 18	Thu	74	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Mar 19, 2027, 5:33 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 19	Fri	54	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Mar 19, 2027, 5:33 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 19, 2027, 12:16 PM EDT – Sat, Mar 20, 2027, 1:36 AM EDT
Mar 20	Sat	41	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 19, 2027, 12:16 PM EDT – Sat, Mar 20, 2027, 1:36 AM EDTVoid-of-course Sat, Mar 20, 2027, 5:33 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 22, 2027, 4:01 AM EDT
Mar 21	Sun	37	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 20, 2027, 5:33 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 22, 2027, 4:01 AM EDT
Mar 22	Mon	46	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Tue, Mar 23, 2027, 10:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 20, 2027, 5:33 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 22, 2027, 4:01 AM EDT
Mar 23	Tue	42	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Tue, Mar 23, 2027, 10:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 24	Wed	28	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Mar 25, 2027, 4:13 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 24, 2027, 3:58 AM EDT – Wed, Mar 24, 2027, 8:18 AM EDT
Mar 25	Thu	32	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Mar 25, 2027, 4:13 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 26	Fri	26	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Mar 28, 2027, 1:27 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 25, 2027, 11:04 PM EDT – Fri, Mar 26, 2027, 3:43 PM EDT
Mar 27	Sat	52	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Mar 28, 2027, 1:27 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 28	Sun	24	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Sun, Mar 28, 2027, 1:27 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 28, 2027, 8:39 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 29, 2027, 2:32 AM EDT
Mar 29	Mon	35	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 28, 2027, 8:39 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 29, 2027, 2:32 AM EDT
Mar 30	Tue	27	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 30, 2027, 12:12 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 31, 2027, 3:19 PM EDT
Mar 31	Wed	17	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Fri, Apr 2, 2027, 1:59 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 30, 2027, 12:12 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 31, 2027, 3:19 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 March 2027. 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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