Lohri 2026

Lohri falls on Tuesday, 13 January 2026 (New Delhi).

Lohri, the evening before Makar Sankranti, marks the end of the coldest days in Punjab and the north. Families light a bonfire, offer sesame, jaggery, peanuts and popcorn to the fire, and sing and dance around it, celebrating the harvest of rabi crops.

Dates

How the date is set

Date: the evening before Makar Sankranti.

Lunar months here are amanta (new moon to new moon); in the purnimanta reckoning used in much of North India, the Krishna paksha belongs to the next month. Communities follow their own rules for some festivals, so a local almanac may keep a few on a neighbouring day.

Dates are computed with this site's panchang (Lahiri ayanamsa) for New Delhi. Times of sunrise and the tithi differ by place, so a date can shift by a day for cities far from Delhi; the calendar pages recalculate for your city. All festivals →