Find candidate times for a planned activity

Define the practical constraints

Record the activity, location and earliest and latest feasible times. A technically interesting chart outside that window is not an available choice for the event.

Those constraints give the search a useful purpose before astrological conditions are added.

Choose conditions explicitly

Select the conditions relevant to your method, with the appropriate points, aspects and orbs. Keep the criteria visible so a result can be understood in relation to the question asked of the search.

When combining conditions, check that the exact combination behaves as expected in the current build.

Examine the candidates

Open a matching time as a chart and review the whole chart. A match addresses the specified search conditions; choosing a time still requires judgement about the chart, the undertaking and the available alternatives.

For example, an illustrative appointment window can show how practical availability narrows the interval, how selected criteria narrow candidates, and how chart review distinguishes the remaining choices.

Keep electional and horary questions distinct

Electional work concerns selecting a time for a planned activity. Horary concerns interpreting a question chart. The presence of related calculations does not make their purposes interchangeable.

If your practice depends on a particular condition, conjunction of criteria or output, ask about that specific requirement.