Launch / publish — January 2026
The best days to release music in January 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 release on the calendar. Here is January 2026, scored for releasing: 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, Jan 21, 2:00 AM EST and holds until Thu, Jan 22, 12:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thu | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 2 | Fri | 68 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 5:54 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jan 2, 2026, 7:23 AM EST – Fri, Jan 2, 2026, 8:09 AM EST |
| Jan 3 | Sat | 53 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 5:54 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 4 | Sun | 37 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jan 4, 2026, 7:59 AM EST – Sun, Jan 4, 2026, 8:43 AM EST |
| Jan 5 | Mon | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 6 | Tue | 39 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 8:04 AM EST – Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 11:56 AM EST |
| Jan 7 | Wed | 46 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 8 | Thu | 36 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ESTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 6:22 PM EST – Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 7:05 PM EST |
| Jan 9 | Fri | 30 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 10 | Sat | 23 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:54 PM EST – Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 5:55 AM EST |
| Jan 11 | Sun | 42 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 9:45 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:54 PM EST – Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 5:55 AM EST |
| Jan 12 | Mon | 51 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 9:45 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 13 | Tue | 37 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 5:58 PM EST – Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 6:33 PM EST |
| Jan 14 | Wed | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 15 | Thu | 38 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 16 | Fri | 30 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 8:13 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 17 | Sat | 28 | Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 8:13 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 18 | Sun | 46 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 4:56 PM EST – Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 5:17 PM EST |
| Jan 19 | Mon | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 20 | Tue | 60 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 9:16 PM EST – Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 1:49 AM EST |
| Jan 21 | Wed | 73 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:40 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 9:16 PM EST – Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 1:49 AM EST |
| Jan 22 | Thu | 69 | Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:40 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 23 | Fri | 57 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 4:36 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 24 | Sat | 49 | Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 4:36 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 4:36 PM EST – Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 1:05 PM EST |
| Jan 25 | Sun | 51 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 7:40 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 4:36 PM EST – Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 1:05 PM EST |
| Jan 26 | Mon | 69 | Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 7:40 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 27 | Tue | 59 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 12:57 PM EST – Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 3:55 PM EST |
| Jan 28 | Wed | 62 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 29 | Thu | 62 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 10:18 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 2:56 PM EST – Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 5:31 PM EST |
| Jan 30 | Fri | 74 | Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 10:18 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jan 31 | Sat | 59 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 4:51 PM EST – Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 7:08 PM 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 January 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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