Today i.e. on Wednesday, 26 February 2025, the festival of Mahashivaratri is being celebrated all over the world. Many government institutions are closed on this occasion. If you trading or are interested in the stock market, then you should know whether the market will open on Mahashivratri. BSE and NSE release the stock market holiday list before the start of the year. According to this list, the stock market will be closed on the day of Mahashivaratri today. There will be no business in BSE or NSE.
The next holiday will be on Holi
There are a total of 14 holidays in the stock market in the year 2025. Tomorrow, after the holiday of Mahashivaratri, the next holiday will be on Holi. This year the list of stock market holidays is as follows:
March 14 (Friday): Holi
March 31 (Monday): Eid-ul-Fitr
10 April (Thursday): Mahavir Jayanti
14 April (Monday): Ambedkar Jayanti
April 18 (Friday): Good Friday
May 1 (Thursday): Maharashtra Day
15 August (Friday): Independence Day
27 August (Wednesday): Ganesh Chaturthi
October 2 (Thursday): Gandhi Jayanti
October 21 (Tuesday): Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan)
October 22 (Wednesday): Diwali (Balipratipada)
November 5 (Wednesday): Gurunanak Dev Jayanti
December 25 (Thursday): Christmas
Saturday and Sunday are holidays.
The Indian stock market time is from Monday to Friday from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm. The pre-open session will start at 9 am. According to the exchanges’ holiday schedule, the market is closed on Saturday and Sunday. Apart from this, the stock market is closed even during public holiday.
This time many holidays are on weekends.
This time many holidays are on weekend i.e. Saturday or Sunday. These include Republic Day (26 January), Shri Ram Navami (6 April) and Muharram (6 July) Sunday. Bakrid is on Saturday, June 7. In such a situation, these holidays are not included in the calendar.
How is the stock market situation?
Despite weak signals from global markets, the Sensex opened on Tuesday. There was some decline about half an hour before the market closed. Despite this, it closed at 74,602.12 points up 147.71 points. At the same time, the Nifty also opened on the red mark and closed on the red mark itself. There was a good rise during the business, but it did not last long. The Nifty fell 5.80 points to close at 22,547.55.