The festival is observed the night before Maghi, also known as Makar Sankranti. This year, Lohri 2023 will be celebrated on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Lohri is an official holiday in Punjab, the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh. In Delhi and Haryana, the festival is celebrated with great gusto but is not a gazetted holiday.