Big day for the BJP tomorrow, as party president Rajnath Singh presides over the Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi.

The meeting which is scheduled at 12:15 pm at the party office at Ashoka Road, will be followed by senior leaders briefing the press.

That is when Rajnath Singh is expected to announce Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. He will also convey that Modi is the overwhelming and universal choice as the PM candidate.

The time, 12:15 pm, on Friday, was chosen specifically for the anointment. Rahu Kaal, an inauspicious time, is between 10:30 am to 12 pm, so astrologers have proposed 12:15 pm, which was also endorsed by Rajnath Singh's personal astrologer.

On Thursday morning, Rajnath spoke to Modi and got his approval. Modi's friends in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, have already begun organising pujas at the Ambe temple in Gujarat.