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NSE and BSE have 16 weekday trading holidays in 2026. The next one is Diwali Balipratipada on Tuesday, 10 Nov 2026. On a trading holiday both the equity and the equity derivatives segments are closed.
NSE trading holiday circular
| # | Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday | Municipal Corporation elections (Maharashtra) | |
| 2 | Monday | Republic Day | |
| 3 | Tuesday | Holi | |
| 4 | Thursday | Shri Ram Navami | |
| 5 | Tuesday | Shri Mahavir Jayanti | |
| 6 | Friday | Good Friday | |
| 7 | Tuesday | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | |
| 8 | Friday | Maharashtra Day | |
| 9 | Thursday | Bakri Id | |
| 10 | Friday | Muharram | |
| 11 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi | |
| 12 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | |
| 13 | Tuesday | Dussehra | |
| 14 | Tuesday | Diwali Balipratipada | |
| 15 | Tuesday | Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev | |
| 16 | Friday | Christmas |
NSE has not published its 2027 trading holiday list yet. It usually does so in December, and this page adds the dates when it does.
Holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are not listed. Muhurat trading, a short evening session on Diwali, is announced by exchange circular each year; in 2026 it fell on Sunday 8 November.
| Session | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-open | 9:00 – 9:15 am | Orders are collected from 9:00 to 9:08 and matched to set each stock's opening price. |
| Normal market (stocks without F&O) | 9:15 am – 3:30 pm | Continuous trading. |
| Normal market (stocks with F&O) | 9:15 am – 3:15 pm | Continuous trading, since 3 August 2026, when SEBI's closing auction session began. |
| Closing auction (stocks with F&O) | 3:15 – 3:35 pm | The official close is the auction's equilibrium price, published when matching completes. |
| Equity futures and options | 9:15 am – 3:40 pm | Derivatives trade until 3:40 pm since 3 August 2026. |
Diwali Balipratipada, on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026. NSE and BSE equity and equity derivatives segments are closed that day.
16 weekday trading holidays: Municipal Corporation elections (Maharashtra) (15 Jan 2026), Republic Day (26 Jan 2026), Holi (3 Mar 2026), Shri Ram Navami (26 Mar 2026), Shri Mahavir Jayanti (31 Mar 2026), Good Friday (3 Apr 2026), Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti (14 Apr 2026), Maharashtra Day (1 May 2026), Bakri Id (28 May 2026), Muharram (26 Jun 2026), Ganesh Chaturthi (14 Sept 2026), Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (2 Oct 2026), Dussehra (20 Oct 2026), Diwali Balipratipada (10 Nov 2026), Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev (24 Nov 2026), Christmas (25 Dec 2026). Holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are not listed, as no session is lost.
Not yet. NSE usually publishes the next year's trading holiday list in December; this page adds it when the exchange does.
Pre-open runs from 9:00 to 9:15 am and continuous trading starts at 9:15 am, Monday to Friday. Stocks without derivatives trade until 3:30 pm. Since 3 August 2026, stocks with derivatives stop continuous trading at 3:15 pm and close through an auction that ends at 3:35 pm; futures and options trade until 3:40 pm.