When is the best day to sign a contract in April 2024?

The month's best stretch opens Sun, Apr 28, 6:00 AM EDT and holds until Mon, Apr 29, 12:00 PM EDT, scoring 64 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.

Sign / commit — April 2024

The best days to sign a contract in April 2024.

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 contract on the calendar. Here is April 2024, scored for signing: 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 Sun, Apr 28, 6:00 AM EDT and holds until Mon, Apr 29, 12:00 PM EDT, scoring 64.

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
Apr 1	Mon	58	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 12:46 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:15 PM EDT – Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 12:05 AM EDT
Apr 2	Tue	34	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 12:46 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 3	Wed	29	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 1:40 AM EDT – Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 5:07 AM EDT
Apr 4	Thu	34	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 5	Fri	22	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sat, Apr 6, 2024, 6:10 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 1:39 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 7:12 AM EDT
Apr 6	Sat	32	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sat, Apr 6, 2024, 6:10 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 7	Sun	30	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 4:26 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 7:24 AM EDT
Apr 8	Mon	29	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 10:38 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 7:23 AM EDT
Apr 9	Tue	20	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 7:16 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 10:38 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 7:23 AM EDT
Apr 10	Wed	27	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 7:16 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 11	Thu	14	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:39 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 6:03 AM EDT – Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 8:58 AM EDT
Apr 12	Fri	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:39 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 13	Sat	26	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 5:47 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 10:46 AM EDT – Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 1:44 PM EDT
Apr 14	Sun	33	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 5:47 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 15	Mon	20	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 7:22 PM EDT – Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 10:23 PM EDT
Apr 16	Tue	24	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 17	Wed	24	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 18	Thu	14	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 5:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 8:02 AM EDT – Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 10:10 AM EDT
Apr 19	Fri	14	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 5:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 20	Sat	20	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 8:19 PM EDT – Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 11:08 PM EDT
Apr 21	Sun	24	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 22	Mon	19	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:19 AM EDT
Apr 23	Tue	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 6:51 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:24 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:19 AM EDT
Apr 24	Wed	44	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 6:51 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 25	Thu	44	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:21 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 7:16 PM EDT – Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT
Apr 26	Fri	44	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:21 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 27	Sat	54	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:21 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 28	Sun	60	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 11:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:37 AM EDT
Apr 29	Mon	60	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 11:28 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 30	Tue	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)

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 April 2024. 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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