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Stock Market Holidays 2025 List: Dates when NSE and BSE will remain shut – Check trading holiday calendar

Stock Market Holidays 2025 List: According to the official holiday calendar released by the BSE and NSE, the stock markets will remain closed on 14 days this year.

January 02, 2025 / 10:54 IST
Check full list of BSE, NSE holidays in 2025

While major stock markets around the world observed a holiday on New Year’s Day, with no trading on January 1, 2025, the Indian stock markets remained open as usual on Wednesday. The Indian stock markets – the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) – will observe their first holiday of 2025 on February 26, for the occasion of Mahashivratri.

According to the official holiday calendar released by the BSE and NSE, the stock markets will remain closed on 14 days this year. These include major religious festivals such as Eid, Diwali, and Christmas, as well as national holidays such as Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti.

As financial markets gear up for a better run in 2025, here’s the complete list of BSE and NSE holidays:

MahashivratriFebruary 26,2025Wednesday
HoliMarch 14, 2025Friday
Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)March 31,2025Monday
Shri Mahavir JayantiApril 10,2025Thursday
Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar JayantiApril 14,2025Monday
Good FridayApril 18,2025Friday
Maharashtra DayMay 01,2025Thursday
Independence DayAugust 15,2025Friday
Ganesh ChaturthiAugust 27,2025Wednesday
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/DussehraOctober 02,2025Thursday
Diwali * Laxmi PujanOctober 21,2025Tuesday
Diwali BalipratipadaOctober 22,2025Wednesday
Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak DevNovember 05,2025Wednesday
ChristmasDecember 25,2025Thursday
 When is Muhurat trading this year?

In 2025, the festival of Deepawali will be celebrated on October 21. As per the NSE, the schedule of 'muhurat trading' on Laxmi Pujan will be announced via a separate circular in October.

Which trading holidays are falling on Saturdays and Sundays? 

The current holiday calendar includes only 14 non-trading days, as four gazetted holidays fall on either a Saturday or Sunday. In India, stock markets do not operate on weekends. The four holidays falling on weekends are as follows:

Republic Day26-Jan-2025Sunday
Shri Ram Navami06-Apr-2025Sunday
Bakri Id07-Jun-2025Saturday
Muharram06-Jul-2025Sunday

This year, April and October will have the most stock market holidays, with three trading holidays each. In April, the stock markets will remain closed on April 10 (Mahavir Jayanti), April 14 (Ambedkar Jayanti), and April 18 (Good Friday). In October, the stock markets will be closed on October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra), October 21 (Deepawali), and October 22 (Diwali Balipratipada).
first published: Jan 2, 2025 10:08 am

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