Lohri 2026: Celebrate with Bonfires, Folk Songs, and Traditional Foods Today!

• Lohri, a popular winter festival, is celebrated today with great enthusiasm in North India, especially Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi-NCR.
• The festival marks the end of cold days, the beginning of warmer days, and is deeply connected to agricultural traditions, symbolizing a good harvest.
• People light bonfires, circumambulate them, and offer sesame seeds, peanuts, rewari, jaggery, and corn cobs, believing it brings happiness and prosperity.
• The origin of Lohri is linked to Punjab's agricultural culture and the heroic tale of Dulla Bhatti, who protected young girls during the Mughal era.
• Lohri symbolizes the winter solstice and the sun's northward movement (Uttarayan); the auspicious Pradosh Kaal for lighting the bonfire is from 5:34 PM to 8:12 PM.

Why It Matters: Lohri celebrates new beginnings, good harvest, and the sun's northward journey with bonfires and traditions.