Lohri 1900 in Diffa, Niger Lohri puja muhurat 17:00–19:31, Fri 12 Jan
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When is Lohri 1900 in Diffa?
Lohri puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Lohri on Fri 12 Jan in Diffa?
Lohri is on Fri 12 Jan, the evening before Makar Sankranti on Sat 13 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 (UTC): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Pradosha.
Fri 12 Jan. Pradosha, 17:08–19:39. The Sun enters Makara at 02:02 Sat.
Sat 13 Jan. Makar Sankranti is this day.
Lohri’s bonfire is lit on the evening before Makar Sankranti. The Sun enters Makara at 02:02 Sat, and Makar Sankranti is on Sat 13 Jan: Fri 12 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.