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Send / pitch — March 2026

The best days to send a pitch in March 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.

This month has passed. The current month is send a pitch in October 2026.

You’ve got the pitch on the calendar. Here is March 2026, scored for sending: 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, Mar 25, 7:00 AM EDT and holds until Thu, Mar 26, 12:00 AM EDT, scoring 68.

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.

DateDayScoreThe computed sky
Mar 1Sun32Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 2Mon23Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Mar 3, 2026, 7:39 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 3Tue15Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Mar 3, 2026, 7:39 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 4Wed20Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 9:53 AM EST – Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 1:55 PM EST
Mar 5Thu19Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 6:22 PM EST – Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 11:01 PM EST
Mar 6Fri0Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 6:22 PM EST – Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 11:01 PM EST
Mar 7Sat38Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:16 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 8Sun28Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:16 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 9Mon15Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 2:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 7:28 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT
Mar 10Tue18Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 2:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 11Wed5Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT – Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 12:07 AM EDT
Mar 12Thu33Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 11:07 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT – Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 12:07 AM EDT
Mar 13Fri24Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 14Sat20Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:33 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 11:13 AM EDT
Mar 15Sun24Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 16Mon21Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 11:25 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 3:56 PM EDT – Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
Mar 17Tue28Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 11:25 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 18Wed23Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 9:23 PM EDT – Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT
Mar 19Thu31Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 9:23 PM EDT – Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT
Mar 20Fri21Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:35 AM EDT
Mar 21Sat57Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 4:46 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 5:23 AM EDT – Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:35 AM EDT
Mar 22Sun54Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 23Mon45Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:12 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 1:39 AM EDT – Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 4:18 AM EDT
Mar 24Tue49Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 AM EDT
Mar 25Wed57Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 11:12 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 6:37 PM EDT – Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 AM EDT
Mar 26Thu54Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 27Fri51Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:40 AM EDT – Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT
Mar 28Sat54Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 29Sun47Applying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 2:44 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT – Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 3:33 PM EDT
Mar 30Mon45Applying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 2:44 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Mar 31Tue52Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 8:31 PM EDT – Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 10:50 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 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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