Lohri 2027 Thu 14 Jan
Lohri puja muhurat in New Delhi: 17:45–20:27 IST
Festival · 30 cities, each on its own sunrise and sunset, in its own time
When is Lohri 2027?
Thursday 14 January
The evening before Makar Sankranti
Lohri puja muhurat: what time?
Lohri puja muhurat in 30 cities
Times in each city’s own zone.
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Lohri 2027 by state and country
Each opens Lohri 2027 there: the date and each city’s Lohri puja muhurat.
States and territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Countries
Why is Lohri on Thu 14 Jan?
In New Delhi
Lohri is on Thu 14 Jan, the evening before Makar Sankranti on Fri 15 Jan.
Ring: the Sun’s yearly path, 12 rashis of 30° counted from 0°; stars fixed (sidereal, Lahiri). Close-up: the Sun’s path on one clock (IST): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Pradosha.
Thu 14 Jan. Pradosha, 17:45–20:27. The Sun enters Makara at 21:10.
Fri 15 Jan. Makar Sankranti is this day.
Lohri’s bonfire is lit on the evening before Makar Sankranti. The Sun enters Makara at 21:10, and Makar Sankranti is on Fri 15 Jan: Thu 14 Jan. No text giving Lohri’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
The evening before Makar Sankranti
Lohri’s bonfire is lit on the evening before Makar Sankranti.
- Smarta
- the evening before Makar Sankranti: Tithika’s convention.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.
Each city’s date and times are worked out at its own sunrise and sunset; each city’s page draws the reason.