Lohri

Significance

Lohri is a Punjabi harvest and bonfire festival marking the end of the peak winter cold, celebrated the evening before Makar Sankranti. Families gather around a bonfire after dark, offer sesame seeds, jaggery, and popcorn into the flames, and sing traditional folk songs. Unlike most festivals on this list, Lohri is tied to the solar calendar rather than a lunar tithi -- it always falls the night before the sun's transit into Capricorn (Makar Sankranti).

Muhurat & Timing

Lohri has no puja muhurat in the classical sense -- it is an evening bonfire ritual, performed after sunset on the night before Makar Sankranti. For 2027, that falls on January 14.

Date verification: Verified against drikpanchang.com's Lohri date page for New Delhi: Lohri observed Thursday, January 14, 2027, the evening before the Makar Sankranti transit.