When is Lohri 2025:The festival of Lohri is celebrated with great pomp in many states of North India like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. This festival celebrates the successful harvesting of winter crops, such as sugarcane, wheat and mustard. On this day, farmers thank the Sun and Fire Gods that their crops were good and they got abundant yield. The festival of Lohri also marks the end of the longest day of winter, when the days gradually start getting longer.
This festival marks the welcome of the new crop and the end of winter. Apart from being a symbol of fertility, auspiciousness and good fortune, this bonfire is also considered good for new brides and newborn children. Although most of the people are confused about which day Lohri will be celebrated this time, if you are also one of them who is eagerly waiting for this festival which falls once a year, then you can clear your confusion by seeing the details here.
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On which day will Lohri be celebrated?
Lohri is celebrated every year a day before Makar Sankranti. Its date is decided according to the ancient Bikram calendar, which combines the cycles of the Moon and the Sun. This time Lohri will be celebrated in the country on Monday 13 January 2025.
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importance of lohri
On the day of Lohri, people wear colorful clothes and meet each other. This is a time when people come together and forget all their differences. To celebrate this, people light a bonfire with wood and cow dung cakes, add sesame seeds, jaggery, peanuts etc. to it and then gather around and sing and dance.
