When is the inventory market closed this Navratri? Examine full record of holidays in 2025

Indian fairness markets will observe three buying and selling holidays in October 2025 along with the common weekends, bringing the overall variety of market holidays in the course of the month to 11.

In accordance with the official vacation calendar launched by the NSE and BSE, buying and selling throughout fairness, commodity, and foreign money segments will stay suspended on three events — October 2, October 21, and October 22.

The primary market vacation falls on October 2, marking Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti in addition to Dussehra. Buying and selling will once more pause on October 21 for Diwali Laxmi Pujan, adopted by October 22 for Balipratipada, which can be a part of the Diwali festivities. The Multi Commodity Change (MCX) and the foreign money derivatives phase will observe the identical vacation schedule and stay closed on these three days.

Consistent with custom, a particular Muhurat buying and selling session shall be held on Diwali. Each NSE and BSE, in circulars dated September 22, introduced that the one-hour buying and selling window will happen on October 21 from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, with buyers allowed to change their trades till 2:55 pm. The exchanges additionally clarified that each one trades executed throughout this symbolic session — thought of auspicious for brand new investments — shall be topic to common settlement obligations.

Aside from the October holidays, markets may also stay closed on November 5 for Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev and on December 25 for Christmas.

With the festive season coinciding with these breaks, market exercise is more likely to be concentrated across the Muhurat session, which historically sees robust participation from retail buyers, high-net-worth people, and establishments seeking to mark the start of the brand new Samvat 12 months with contemporary investments.Throughout this era, buying and selling shall be performed throughout a number of segments, together with fairness, commodity derivatives, foreign money derivatives, and fairness futures & choices.(Disclaimer: Suggestions, recommendations, views and opinions given by the consultants are their very own. These don’t characterize the views of The Financial Occasions)