Maghi
Sign in to saveMaghi is a Punjabi cultural festival, the Indian harvest festival celebrated on winter solstice. Maghi falls on the first day of the month of Magh and is celebrated in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. It follows on the heels of the mid-winter festival of Lohri which is marked by bonfires in North Indian fields and yards. The next morning is seen as an auspicious occasion for ritual bathing in ponds and rivers.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Maghi is referenced by 771 other articles, and connects out to Punjabi festivals, Ganges and Sikhism.
Vinony files it under Culture of Haryana, Festivals in Himachal Pradesh and Festivals in Jammu and Kashmir.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Maghi
- Holiday.type
- Cultural
- Holiday.observedby
- Punjabis
- Holiday.longtype
- Religious and cultural
- Holiday.date2017
- Saturday, 14 January
- Holiday.date2018
- Sunday, 14 January
- Holiday.date2019
- Monday, 14 January
- Holiday.celebrations
- eating traditional food, temple celebrations
- Holiday.relatedto
- Makar Sankranti, Lohri
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
- Holiday.significance
- Midwinter festival, celebration of winter solstice
- Holiday.date
- 14 January
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- In Hinduism
- Himachal Pradesh
- In Sikhism
- Cultural celebration
- See also
- References
Maghi is a Punjabi cultural festival, the Indian harvest festival celebrated on winter solstice. Maghi falls on the first day of the month of Magh and is celebrated in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. It follows on the heels of the mid-winter festival of Lohri which is marked by bonfires in North Indian fields and yards. The next morning is seen as an auspicious occasion for ritual bathing in ponds and rivers.
In Himachal Pradesh, the festival is also known as Maghi Saaji or Magha Ra Saza. It is known as Maghi Sangrand or Uttarain (Uttarayana) in Jammu and Sakrat in Haryana.
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