The festival of Maghi is marked a day before the day of Makar Sankranti. In Himachal, the festival is also known as Maghi Saaji or Magha Ra Saza. In Bihar and Nepal, it is also referred to as Maghi Parva or Maghi Sankranti. It is known as Maghi Sangrand or Uttarain (Uttarayana) in Jammu and Sakrat in Haryana.