Lohri 2028 (popular practice)
Lohri in 2028: the evening before Maghi, counted at Amritsar, with the time of the Makar Sankranti that follows.
Lohri at Amritsar
Thursday, 13 January
Lohri is in 452 days. The same date holds for every city, and no time is given for it.
How the day is kept
Lohri is a popular observance: the evening before the day in which the Sun enters Makara, counted at Amritsar. The texts this site follows do not name it, so no time is given for it.
In 2028, the Sun enters Makara at 03:24 on Saturday, 15 January, Indian time, so the day that holds it, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, is Maghi, Friday, 14 January, and Lohri is the evening before, Thursday, 13 January.
Popular practice: the bonfire, the Dulla Bhatti songs, rewri and gajak.
The Makar Sankranti that follows
The Sun enters Makara at 03:24 on Saturday, 15 January, Indian time. At Amritsar the bath and gifts fall on Saturday, 15 January, so Lohri is two days before Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti 2028. All sankrantis in 2028.
Other years: Lohri 2027, Lohri 2029. All Lohri dates.
Questions
Popular practice: the texts this site follows do not name Lohri.
When is Lohri 2028?
On Thursday, 13 January 2028, for every city: the evening before Maghi, Friday, 14 January, counted at Amritsar. It is popular practice, and no time is given for it.
Why is Lohri on 13 January?
Lohri is kept on the evening before Maghi, the day, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, in which the Sun enters Makara. In 2028 that day is Friday, 14 January, so Lohri falls on Thursday, 13 January. It is popular practice; the texts this site follows do not name it.
Is Lohri the evening before Makar Sankranti?
Not in 2028: at Amritsar the Makar Sankranti bath and gifts fall on Saturday, 15 January, two days after Lohri. Lohri follows Maghi, the day the Sun enters Makara. Makar Sankranti 2028
Is there a Lohri muhurat?
No. The texts this site follows give no rule for Lohri, so no time is shown for it.
How the day is found
Read the methodology- The day
- The evening before Maghi, the day counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar in which the Sun enters sidereal Makara. One date for every city. Popular practice.
- No time
- No time is given for the bonfire or any rite.
- Makar Sankranti
- The ingress and the bath day come from the Makar Sankranti pages.
Sunrise at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa · Indian time (IST), reckoned at Amritsar for every city · Swiss Ephemeris · Method