From the Wall Street Journal.
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When the Stars Align, Indians Say, It's a Good Time to Have a C-Section
Moms-to-Be Consult Their Astrologers, Request the Operation on Auspicious Days
By ERIC BELLMAN
Ms. Varmaa and her child would be fine, the astrologer said, as long as the baby was born on one of three mahurats, or auspicious days, near her due date. She then did what doctors say an increasing number of middle-class Indians are doing these days: She scheduled a caesarean section in order to nail that good-luck date.