Lohri 2029 (popular practice)
Lohri in 2029: the evening before Maghi, counted at Amritsar, with the time of the Makar Sankranti that follows.
Lohri at Amritsar
Saturday, 13 January
Lohri is in 818 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 2029, the Sun enters Makara at 09:26 on Sunday, 14 January, Indian time, so the day that holds it, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, is Maghi, Sunday, 14 January, and Lohri is the evening before, Saturday, 13 January.
Popular practice: the bonfire, the Dulla Bhatti songs, rewri and gajak.
The Makar Sankranti that follows
The Sun enters Makara at 09:26 on Sunday, 14 January, Indian time. At Amritsar the bath and gifts fall on Sunday, 14 January, so Lohri is the evening before Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti 2029.
Other years: Lohri 2027, Lohri 2028. All Lohri dates.
Questions
Popular practice: the texts this site follows do not name Lohri.
When is Lohri 2029?
On Saturday, 13 January 2029, for every city: the evening before Maghi, Sunday, 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 2029 that day is Sunday, 14 January, so Lohri falls on Saturday, 13 January. It is popular practice; the texts this site follows do not name it.
Is Lohri the evening before Makar Sankranti?
In 2029, yes: at Amritsar the Makar Sankranti bath and gifts fall on Sunday, 14 January, the day after Lohri. Makar Sankranti 2029
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