Fact Check: Does PM Modi's announcement for April 5 have a connection with numerology?

Claim: PM Modi's anuncement for 5 April at 9 pm is related to astrology and numerology

Rating: False

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What is rumour about?

• rumour includes a set of different types of messs that has started spreading in country after PM Modi's anuncement today.
• Various rumours are connecting different astrological, astromical and numerological instances with PM Modi's anuncement for April 5, 9 pm. 
• Many messs are even citing famous NASA scientists and ir discussion with PM Modi regarding this. 

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Who started rumour?

• Social media forwards
• People have been circulating se messs all over WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. mess has w spread like wildfire all over country within a few hours of PM's anuncement today. 

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Even messs like this are also circulating all over in India, since PM Modi made anuncement about lighting candles on April 5 for 9 minutes at 9 pm. 

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to "PM Modi anuncement and its connection with astrology, numerology, scientific or any astromical events" rumour, mess spread like wildfire and maximum people have searched for same today, i.e. on April 3, 2020. 

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Republic World did a fact check

• Republic World did a fact check on various mess forwards related to PM Modi's anuncement and found m to be False. 
• PM Modi urged people of India to light a 'Diya', candle or torch or mobiles on April 5, at 9 pm for 9 minutes from balconies or corridors of ir homes.
• This is solely to highlight objective that all 130 crores Indian are fighting toger during this Coronavirus pandemic. Also to indicate that one is fighting this alone and every Indian is in it toger.
• This is also a gesture to thank people who abided by lockdown rules and helped prevent transmission of coronavirus.
• A WhatsApp forward that states that April 5 and Vamana Dwadashi fall on same date is also wrong. As in Hindu calendar, Vaman Dwadashi falls on Shukla Paksha of Bhadrapad month. Currently, Hindi calendar is observing Chaitra month and t Bhadrapad.
• One mess states that heat that we will generate from lamps would increase temperature of surroundings which would n kill Coronavirus. This claim is also false and baseless.
• mess forward that states that PM Modi had a conversation with NASA scientist Thomas Shelby is also wrong, as such official statement has been released. 
• PM Modi's anuncement with Numerology 9 mess also seems to be wrong at two points as neir his speech timing was of 9 minutes and neir today is 9th day post lockdown.
• Like this, many messs have such counterpoints that could prove ir assumptions as baseless. April 5 9 pm event is only suggested so as to foster idea of unity amongst citizens of country.

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Even PIB Fact Check's Twitter handle has posted fact check mentioning that rumour is fake. 

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