Holidays

Trading Holidays list for NSE, BSE, MCX & CDSL

Date & Day	Event	NSE	BSE	MCX (M)	MCX (E)	CDSL
01-01-2026 Thursday	New Year's Day	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Open
26-01-2026 Monday	Republic Day	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
03-03-2026 Tuesday	Holi	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
26-03-2026 Thursday	Shri Ram Navami	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
31-03-2026 Tuesday	Shri Mahavir Jayanti	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
03-04-2026 Friday	Good Friday	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
14-04-2026 Tuesday	BabaSaheb Ambedkar Jayanti	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
01-05-2026 Friday	Maharashtra Day	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
28-05-2026 Thursday	Bakri Id	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
26-06-2026 Friday	Muharram	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
14-09-2026 Monday	Ganesh Chaturthi	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
02-10-2026 Friday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
20-10-2026 Tuesday	Dussehra	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
10-11-2026 Tuesday	Diwali-Balipratipada	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
24-11-2026 Tuesday	Guru Nanak Jayanti	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
25-12-2026 Friday	Christmas	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed

Settlement Holidays

Day	Date	Holiday
16-02-2026	Thursday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Jayanti
01-04-2026	Wednesday	Annual Bank closing
27-08-2026	Thursday	Id-E-Milad

What is a settlement holiday?

Holidays falling in the Weekend

Date & Day	Event	NSE	BSE	MCX (M)	MCX (E)	CDSL
15-02-2026 Sunday	Mahashivratri	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
21-03-2026 Saturday	Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
15-08-2026 Saturday	Independence Day	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
08-11-2026 Sunday	Diwali Laxmi Pujan*	Closed*	Closed*	Closed*	Closed*	Closed

*November 08, 2026, Tuesday shall be a trading holiday on account of Diwali Laxmi Pujan. Muhurat Trading will be conducted on that day. Timings of Muhurat Trading shall be notified subsequently through a circular.

Stock Market Timings

Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:

Pre-open Session:

Order entry & modification Open: 09:00 hrs
Order entry & modification Close: 09:08 hrs*
*with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.

Regular Trading Session:

Normal / Limited Physical Market Open: 09:15 hrs
Normal / Limited Physical Market Close: 15:30 hrs

Closing Session:

The Closing Session is held between 15:40 hrs and 16:00 hrs.

Block Deal Session:

Morning Window: This window shall operate between 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM
Afternoon Window: This window shall operate between 14:05 hrs to 14:20 hrs.

Note:

The Exchange may, however, close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when it deems fit and necessary.