Lohri 2012 in Vapi, Gujarat Lohri puja muhurat 18:17–20:53, Sat 14 Jan
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Lohri 2012 in Vapi?
Lohri puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Lohri on Sat 14 Jan in Vapi?
Lohri is on Sat 14 Jan, the evening before Makar Sankranti on Sun 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.
Sat 14 Jan. Pradosha, 18:17–20:53. The Sun enters Makara at 00:58 Sun.
Sun 15 Jan. Makar Sankranti is this day.
Lohri’s bonfire is lit on the evening before Makar Sankranti. The Sun enters Makara at 00:58 Sun, and Makar Sankranti is on Sun 15 Jan: Sat 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.