Share Market Holidays: Stock exchanges BSE and NSE will remain shut on Monday, March 31, for the Eid Id-ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id) market holiday. Trading will resume the next day, on Tuesday, April 1. After Eid, Dalal Street will observe 11 additional market holidays during weekdays in the rest of the year, with Mahavir Jayanti (April 10), Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14) and Good Friday (April 18) in April, and eight other holidays between May and December.
As of March 31, here is a list of trading holidays this calendar year:
Holiday |
Date |
Day |
Shri Mahavir Jayanti |
April 10,2025 |
Thursday |
Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti |
April 14,2025 |
Monday |
Good Friday |
April 18,2025 |
Friday |
Maharashtra Day |
May 01,2025 |
Thursday |
Independence Day |
August 15,2025 |
Friday |
Ganesh Chaturthi |
August 27,2025 |
Wednesday |
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra |
October 02,2025 |
Thursday |
Diwali * Laxmi Pujan |
October 21,2025 |
Tuesday |
Diwali Balipratipada |
October 22,2025 |
Wednesday |
Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev |
November 05,2025 |
Wednesday |
Christmas |
December 25,2025 |
Thursday |
A Special Trading Session on Diwali (It’s Not A Full-Day Holiday That Day) | Learn All About Muhurat Trading Session
Both stock exchanges conduct a special, one-hour-long trading session to mark the occasion of Diwali. This special session is to enable market participants to execute customary trades on the day the country celebrates Diwali.
In Hindu tradition, Diwali celebrations are characterised by Laxmi Pujan. Multitudes of market participants consider it auspicious to make bullish trades during this special occasion to attract wealth and prosperity for the rest of the year.
The Muhurat trading session also marks the beginning of a new year in the Vikrami Samvat calendar, the lunar calendar used to determine the dates and timings of Hindu festivals.
This year, the Muhurat trading session on Tuesday, October 21.
Typically, BSE and NSE notify the timings of Muhurat a few days before Diwali.
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