MUMBAI: Couples rushed down the aisle on 12/12/12 yesterday, but one Indian bride and groom can claim an even rarer set of special dates. Brandon Pereira and Emilia D’Silva celebrated their engagement on 10/10/10, had a registered legal marriage on 11/11/11 and had their big white wedding in Mumbai on 12/12/12.

“10/10/10 was on a weekend, and we said why not do it on that date,” she explained. “We needed to announce it to the world. We were looking for a date for celebration.”

The couple wanted to save a big wedding for when they had the time and money — but with Pereira, 33, tied to a engineering job in Bahrain, they decided to formalize their union to make traveling easier for D’Silva, 28.

This time 11/11/11 happened to be close and convenient so they booked it for their legal marriage. “We don’t really believe in astrology or anything of that sort, we just went with it because it fitted with our plan,” she said.