Launch / publish — May 2027
The best days to launch a podcast in May 2027.
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 first episode on the calendar. Here is May 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. Fifty is a flat sky; every point above it is computed help, every point below is drag.
The month’s best stretch opens Sat, May 15, 7:00 PM EDT and holds until Mon, May 17, 5:00 AM EDT, scoring 70.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Sat | 31 | waningvoid Sat 4:47 PM – Sun 9:42 PM |
| May 2 | Sun | 16 | trine Jupiter 6:04 AMwaningvoid Sat 4:47 PM – Sun 9:42 PM |
| May 3 | Mon | 52 | trine Jupiter 6:04 AMwaning |
| May 4 | Tue | 41 | trine Jupiter 6:04 AMwaningvoid Tue 10:08 PM – Wed 3:52 AM |
| May 5 | Wed | 27 | square Jupiter 10:35 AMwaningvoid Tue 10:08 PM – Wed 3:52 AM |
| May 6 | Thu | 51 | square Jupiter 10:35 AMwaningwaxing |
| May 7 | Fri | 62 | sextile Jupiter 1:04 PMwaxingvoid Fri 2:48 AM – Fri 7:06 AM |
| May 8 | Sat | 67 | sextile Jupiter 1:04 PMwaxing |
| May 9 | Sun | 59 | waxingvoid Sun 5:54 AM – Sun 8:59 AM |
| May 10 | Mon | 62 | waxing |
| May 11 | Tue | 60 | conjunction Jupiter 6:03 PMwaxingvoid Tue 3:45 AM – Tue 11:00 AM |
| May 12 | Wed | 72 | conjunction Jupiter 6:03 PMwaxing |
| May 13 | Thu | 61 | waxingvoid Thu 1:31 PM – Thu 2:05 PM |
| May 14 | Fri | 62 | waxing |
| May 15 | Sat | 53 | sextile Jupiter 4:04 AMwaxingvoid Sat 8:47 AM – Sat 6:33 PM |
| May 16 | Sun | 70 | sextile Jupiter 4:04 AMwaxing |
| May 17 | Mon | 50 | sextile Jupiter 4:04 AMwaxingvoid Mon 10:55 AM – Tue 12:33 AM |
| May 18 | Tue | 53 | square Jupiter 11:38 AMwaxingvoid Mon 10:55 AM – Tue 12:33 AM |
| May 19 | Wed | 58 | square Jupiter 11:38 AMwaxing |
| May 20 | Thu | 52 | trine Jupiter 9:30 PMwaningwaxingvoid Thu 6:59 AM – Thu 8:27 AM |
| May 21 | Fri | 51 | trine Jupiter 9:30 PMwaning |
| May 22 | Sat | 23 | waningvoid Sat 4:58 AM – Sat 6:42 PM |
| May 23 | Sun | 38 | waning |
| May 24 | Mon | 32 | waningvoid Mon 5:29 PM – Tue 7:04 AM |
| May 25 | Tue | 22 | opposition Jupiter 11:20 PMwaningvoid Mon 5:29 PM – Tue 7:04 AM |
| May 26 | Wed | 26 | opposition Jupiter 11:20 PMwaning |
| May 27 | Thu | 37 | waningvoid Thu 6:23 PM – Thu 7:55 PM |
| May 28 | Fri | 38 | waning |
| May 29 | Sat | 21 | waningvoid Sat 7:03 AM – Sun 6:39 AM |
| May 30 | Sun | 41 | trine Jupiter 8:27 PMwaningvoid Sat 7:03 AM – Sun 6:39 AM |
| May 31 | Mon | 50 | trine Jupiter 8:27 PMwaning |
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 May 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.
Nearby
The coming week, in one email
The Orrery brief: each week’s computed sky — stations, void hours, the clean windows — free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.
Engine 0.6.0 · config v3 · JPL de440s.bsp · tzdata 2026.3. Same month, same config, same kernel — byte-identical numbers. Every claim above resolves to a computed condition; there is nothing else on this page.