When is the best day to sign a contract in April 2025?

The month's best stretch opens Sun, Apr 13, 10:00 AM EDT and holds until Tue, Apr 15, 3:00 PM EDT, 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 — April 2025

The best days to sign a contract in April 2025.

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 2025, 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 13, 10:00 AM EDT and holds until Tue, Apr 15, 3:00 PM 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.

Date	Day	Score	The computed sky
Apr 1	Tue	20	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 7:33 AM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 9:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 1:42 PM EDT – Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 4:25 PM EDT
Apr 2	Wed	12	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 9:52 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 3	Thu	17	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 9:52 AM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 3:28 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT – Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 6:50 PM EDT
Apr 4	Fri	36	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 3:28 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 5	Sat	26	Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 3:28 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 6:54 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 12:34 AM EDT
Apr 6	Sun	23	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 6:54 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 12:34 AM EDT
Apr 7	Mon	39	Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 8	Tue	27	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 12:25 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 12:08 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 9:39 AM EDT
Apr 9	Wed	32	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 12:25 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 10	Thu	31	Applying Moon–Saturn opposition · exact Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 12:25 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 3:48 PM EDT – Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 9:11 PM EDT
Apr 11	Fri	46	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 12	Sat	47	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 13	Sun	60	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 2:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT – Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 9:54 AM EDT
Apr 14	Mon	68	Applying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 2:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 15	Tue	63	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:20 AM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn trine · exact Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 2:59 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 16	Wed	44	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:20 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 17	Thu	44	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:20 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 18	Fri	55	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 1:20 PM EDTApplying Moon–Saturn square · exact Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:20 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 7:37 AM EDT – Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 10:12 AM EDT
Apr 19	Sat	64	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 1:20 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 20	Sun	54	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 1:20 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 1:20 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 7:21 PM EDT
Apr 21	Mon	56	Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 22	Tue	49	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 5:55 PM EDT – Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 1:06 AM EDT
Apr 23	Wed	46	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:53 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 5:55 PM EDT – Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 1:06 AM EDT
Apr 24	Thu	47	Applying Moon–Saturn conjunction · exact Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:53 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:57 PM EDT – Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 3:23 AM EDT
Apr 25	Fri	51	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:57 PM EDT – Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 3:23 AM EDT
Apr 26	Sat	43	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 12:18 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 3:16 AM EDT
Apr 27	Sun	55	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 10:51 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 12:18 PM EDT – Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 3:16 AM EDT
Apr 28	Mon	54	Applying Moon–Saturn sextile · exact Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 10:51 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Apr 29	Tue	34	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:48 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 1:17 AM EDT – Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 2:34 AM EDT
Apr 30	Wed	34	Applying Moon–Saturn square · exact Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:48 PM EDTWaxing 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 2025. 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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