Important planetary aspects of the day:
Mercury squares Jupiter; Sun contra-parallels Neptune; Sun quintiles Pluto; Sun quincunxes Dragon?s Head; Mercury squares Pluto; Moon opposes Sun; Sun sesquiquadrates Saturn; Moon opposes Dragon?s Head; Sun squares Jupiter.

Recommended attitudes/ strategies for the day:
Handle legal issues very carefully after discussing all possibilities with experts in the field. Secret meetings with influential persons will do wonders to your prospects. Have the facts and figures pertinent to your activities ready at hand as influential figures will insist on substance and proof, and might be put off if they feel you are simply indulging in empty rhetoric. Political developments during this period can have important long-term ramnifications for all parties concerned. Special note on lunar eclipse: Lunar eclipse occurs between 11-28 a.m. IST and 3-03 p.m. IST. The eclipse is not visible in India. It will be visible in the region covering Eastern Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Western Africa, and Western Europe. Those living in regions of visibility of eclipse and born in stars of Chitra, Hasta, Swathi, Mrigasira, and Dhanishta must perform eclipse remedial worships to avert the malefic impact of this eclipse.


Activities that are highly favoured:
Devising strategies to outwit rivals; deploying missiles; destroying enemy strongholds (applicable to law-enforcement agencies engaged in anti-insurgency operations); maintenance work on gadgets/ heavy machinery; operating on malignancies.

Activities that are preferably avoided:
Surgery on the reproductive organs; lending/ borrowing money; long journeys.

General numerological guidance for the day:
6 and 9 borns will enjoy better luck than others; 3 borns must maintain a low profile.