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

The month's best stretch opens Wed, Dec 25, 4:00 AM EST and holds until Thu, Dec 26, 8:00 AM EST, scoring 68 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 — December 2024

The best days to sign a contract in December 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 December 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 Wed, Dec 25, 4:00 AM EST and holds until Thu, Dec 26, 8:00 AM EST, 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.

Date	Day	Score	The computed sky
Dec 1	Sun	21	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sun, Dec 1, 2024, 7:48 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 2	Mon	19	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 4:16 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 10:47 AM EST – Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 4:09 PM EST
Dec 3	Tue	30	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 4:16 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 4	Wed	18	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 6:34 PM EST – Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 11:21 PM EST
Dec 5	Thu	24	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 6	Fri	19	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 7:01 PM EST – Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 4:48 AM EST
Dec 7	Sat	12	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 3:43 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 7:01 PM EST – Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 4:48 AM EST
Dec 8	Sun	23	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 3:43 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 9	Mon	18	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Dec 9, 2024, 3:44 AM EST – Mon, Dec 9, 2024, 8:37 AM EST
Dec 10	Tue	17	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:13 PM EST – Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 10:54 AM EST
Dec 11	Wed	16	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 8:55 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:13 PM EST – Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 10:54 AM EST
Dec 12	Thu	27	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 8:55 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 13	Fri	13	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 10:34 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 7:39 AM EST – Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 12:21 PM EST
Dec 14	Sat	18	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 10:34 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 15	Sun	38	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 1:34 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 9:31 AM EST – Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 2:21 PM EST
Dec 16	Mon	63	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 1:34 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 17	Tue	50	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 1:33 PM EST – Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 6:39 PM EST
Dec 18	Wed	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 19	Thu	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 20	Fri	41	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 5:38 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 12:19 AM EST – Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 2:36 AM EST
Dec 21	Sat	52	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 5:38 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 22	Sun	49	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 8:27 AM EST – Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 2:07 PM EST
Dec 23	Mon	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 24	Tue	35	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 5:43 AM EST – Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 3:06 AM EST
Dec 25	Wed	61	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 7:30 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 5:43 AM EST – Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 3:06 AM EST
Dec 26	Thu	60	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 7:30 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 27	Fri	46	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 6:14 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 9:23 AM EST – Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 2:46 PM EST
Dec 28	Sat	46	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 6:14 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 29	Sun	50	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 6:34 PM EST – Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 11:37 PM EST
Dec 30	Mon	62	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 2:02 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Dec 31	Tue	47	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 2:02 AM ESTWaxing 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 December 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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