Bhogi 2027
भोगीThursday 14 January 2027 · in 75 days
Bhogi opens the four days of Pongal. Families clean their homes, set aside what is old and worn, and light a bonfire at dawn to welcome the Tamil month of Thai and the harvest it brings.
Pongal, three days
14 to 16 JanPujas for Bhogi, in order
Bhogi 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Thursday 14 January 2027
- Tithi
- Paush Shukla Shashthi
- Shashthi begins
- 1:03 PM, 13 January
- Shashthi ends
- 1:59 PM, 14 January
- Sunrise
- 7:15 AM
- Sunset
- 5:45 PM
The days
- Thursday 14 January 2027Bhogi
- Friday 15 January 2027Thai Pongal
- Saturday 16 January 2027Mattu Pongal
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Bhogi 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Tuesday 13 January 2026
- Tithi
- Magh Krishna Dashami
- Dashami begins
- 12:43 PM, 12 January
- Dashami ends
- 3:19 PM, 13 January
- Sunrise
- 7:15 AM
- Sunset
- 5:44 PM
How to observe
- Clean the home thoroughly and set aside old things that are no longer needed.
- Light a small bonfire at dawn with dry leaves, wood and old natural material.
- Draw a kolam at the entrance and decorate the doorway.
- Bathe, wear clean clothes and get the pots and rice ready for Thai Pongal.
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About Bhogi
Bhogi falls on the last day of the Tamil month of Margazhi, the day before Thai Pongal. Its spirit is renewal. The old year's clutter is cleared away so that the harvest festival can begin in a fresh, clean home. Bhogi is also associated with Indra, honoured as the giver of rain, and families give thanks for the rains that made the harvest possible.
The day is kept across Tamil Nadu, and also in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, where it is called Bhogi as well and opens the Sankranti festival. Homes are swept, washed and whitewashed, and courtyards are decorated with kolam. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, young children are given Bhogi pallu in the evening: elders shower them with a mix of regi pandlu, the small jujube fruit, flower petals and coins, as a blessing.
Before sunrise, a bonfire is lit in front of the house or at a street corner, and old mats, worn baskets, dry leaves and things no longer needed go into it. The fire is seen as a way of letting the old year go, with its tiredness and quarrels, and starting afresh. People gather around it in the cool morning, children sometimes beating small drums, and then everyone bathes and dresses in clean or new clothes. In the kitchen, preparations begin for the next day's Pongal: new pots, fresh turmeric, sugarcane and the new rice.
A practical note: Bhogi follows the solar calendar and comes on the day before the Sun enters Makara, which is Thai Pongal. Many towns now ask people to burn only natural material such as dry leaves and wood, and to keep plastic and tyres out of the fire, so that the morning air stays clear for everyone.