Lohri Festival The Punjab's bonfire on the evening before Makar Sankranti, at the end of the coldest fortnight and the start of the rabi harvest of sugar cane.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Lohri
- हिन्दी
- लोहड़ी
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- ਲੋਹੜੀ
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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What the day is
The Punjab's bonfire on the evening before Makar Sankranti, at the end of the coldest fortnight and the start of the rabi harvest of sugar cane. Sesame, gur, rewri, popcorn and peanuts are thrown into the fire while the Dulla Bhatti songs are sung, and the first Lohri after a wedding or a birth in the family is kept large.
- Deity
- Agni, Surya
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
The evening before Makar Sankranti; the fire is lit after sunset and circled while the offerings are thrown in.
The fast
No fast. Sarson da saag, makki di roti, gur and til are the food of the night.
Where the regions differ
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Jammu keep Lohri; the same evening is Bhogi in Tamil Nadu and the Telugu country and Uruka in Assam, all of them a fire before the solar turn.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.