This year, there is some confusion about when Lohri should be celebrated. Many people are unsure whether it falls on January 13 or 14. According to Drik Panchang, the Lohri festival will take place on  January 14, 2023. 

The traditional winter folk festival from Punjab is attended by farmers all around the country as it is the annual harvest festival. As part of the harvest ritual, foods such as til (black sesame seeds), gur (jaggery), gajak, popcorn, and peanuts are offered to the fire. 

The festival of Lohri is said to commemorate Dulha Bhatti’s bravery and his resistance against the tyranny of the Mughal rulers. During Lohri festivities, bonfires are lit, sweets are exchanged, and traditional Punjabi folk songs and dances are performed in honour of Dulha Bhatti.

The shortest day and longest night of the year, Lohri is also known as the ‘Winter Solstice.’ 

Signifying the end of winter and the arrival of spring, Lohri is derived from the words ‘Tilohri,’ meaning sesame or ’til’, and ‘rorhi,’ which is also called jaggery or ‘gur’. 

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This is a harvest festival and naturally and historically, is associated with wealth and good tidings. That is why celebrations for Lohri are accompanied by dance and songs and a lot of gaiety among families, mostly coming in from far families of Punjab. This is celebrated a day before Makar Sankranti, also known as Maghi, according to the solar part of the lunisolar Vikrami calendar. It also typically falls about the same date every year (13 January).

Like other harvest festivals in India such as Pongal and Bhogi, Lohri is also dedicated to Indra. Lohri is an official holiday in Punjab, the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The festival is celebrated in Delhi and Haryana but is not a gazetted holiday. In all these areas, the festival is celebrated by Hindus, and Sikhs.

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