The date, background, meaning, and celebration of Lohri, the harvest festival celebrated in Punjab and North India, are all explained here.
Lohri is a popular harvest festival for farmers, observed the night before Makar Sankranti. It is also a traditional winter folk festival, marking the passing of the Winter Solstice and looking forward to longer days ahead as the sun journeys towards the northern hemisphere. The festival is primarily celebrated by the people of Sikh and Hindu communities in the Punjab or North region of the Indian subcontinent. The festival of Lohri heralds the end of winter and the start of a new harvest season since it coincides with the moment when the Earth is closest to the sun.