EC braces for ‘auspicious day’ rush

Hyderabad

March 25: Election officials are bracing for a huge rush of candidates to file their nominations on Saturday, which has been declared as the sole auspicious day this week by astrologers.
Nominations for the first phase of polls, which started on March 23, will conclude on March 30. Though six days are left for the D-day, majority of candidates are planning to file their nominations on March 28.
Nominations will not be accepted on Ugadi, which falls on March 27, and on Sunday, March 29. Amavasya falls on March 26 and people of AP do not prefer to do anything auspicious on that day.
On Monday, candidates would not dare file nominations as it is Chavithi and not that favourable for victory.
Astrologer, Dr C.V.B. Subrahmanyam, said that politicians customarily avoid taking up major ventures a day before and after Amavasya. Thus, even March 25 and March 27 are ruled out.
“Though some candidates will be filing nominations even on Amavasya, the durmuhurtham will have its own impact whether one believes in it or not,” warned Mr Subhramanyam.
However, March 28 is Vidiya tithi with Aswini nakshtaram and is good in all respects, said Dyvagna Ponnaluri Srinivasa Gargeya, the asthana siddhanti of Kurthanam Siddheswari Peetham.
“It is the perfect day to start any work and emerge victorious,” he said. “It is so auspicious that even if three candidates from a single constituency file nominations on that day, while one will win, the other two will not lose their deposit.”
Mr Gargeya pointed out that those who waited till the last day, March 30, to file nominations will lose their deposit because of the presence of Kruttika nakshatram.