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BSE Holiday List 2026

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is closed on the dates listed below in 2026. BSE issues its calendar by circular each December for the equity, equity derivatives and Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) segments. Beyond the 16 weekday closures below, BSE holidays include every Saturday and Sunday.

The commodity derivatives and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segments follow a split schedule on several of the same dates.

List of BSE trading holidays 2026

The BSE holiday list below covers equity, equity derivatives and SLB. Trading stops for the full day on each of these BSE trading holidays. When a Sensex weekly or monthly expiry falls on one, the contract settles the previous trading day. That is what happened in January, when the 15 January expiry moved to 14 January.

Holidays Date Day
Municipal Corporation Election – Maharashtra January 15, 2026 Thursday
Republic Day January 26, 2026 Monday
Holi March 03, 2026 Tuesday
Shri Ram Navami March 26, 2026 Thursday
Shri Mahavir Jayanti March 31, 2026 Tuesday
Good Friday April 03, 2026 Friday
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti April 14, 2026 Tuesday
Maharashtra Day May 01, 2026 Friday
Bakri Id May 28, 2026 Thursday
Muharram June 26, 2026 Friday
Ganesh Chaturthi September 14, 2026 Monday
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti October 02, 2026 Friday
Dussehra October 20, 2026 Tuesday
Diwali-Balipratipada November 10, 2026 Tuesday
Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev November 24, 2026 Tuesday
Christmas December 25, 2026 Friday

BSE holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday

These four land on a weekend, so nothing extra is lost.

Holiday Date Day
Mahashivratri February 15, 2026 Sunday
Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramadan Eid) March 21, 2026 Saturday
Independence Day August 15, 2026 Saturday
Diwali Laxmi Pujan* November 08, 2026 Sunday

Note. Muhurat Trading will be held on Sunday, 08 November 2026 for Diwali Laxmi Pujan, with timings notified subsequently. BSE can alter any holiday on the list, for which a separate circular is issued in advance.

Settlement holidays

Four dates in 2026 are settlement holidays . The market is open and you can trade as usual. The clearing banks are shut, so shares and funds move one business day later than they normally would.

Holiday Date Day
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti February 19, 2026 Thursday
Gudhi Padwa March 19, 2026 Thursday
Annual Bank Closing April 01, 2026 Wednesday
Id-E-Milad August 26, 2026 Wednesday

BSE trading schedule

Pre-open timings to trade equities on BSE

The pre-open session runs 9:00 AM to 9:15 AM. Order entry and changes close at 9:08 AM. Orders are then matched and the opening price is set for the regular session.

Regular trading timings to trade equities on BSE

Normal trading runs 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday. A post-market session follows from 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM, where orders execute at the day’s closing price.

Block deal session timings on BSE

BSE runs two block deal windows. The morning one is 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM, before the pre-open begins. The afternoon one is 2:05 PM to 2:20 PM. Both are for large negotiated trades that clear the exchange’s minimum order value.

FAQs

Are currency and commodity markets also closed on BSE holidays?

Not always, and not in the same way. Currency derivatives run a separate calendar with extra dates such as Gudhi Padwa and Annual Bank Closing. Commodity derivatives and EGR usually close the morning session only and reopen at 5:00 PM. On Republic Day, Good Friday, Gandhi Jayanti and Christmas, both sessions stay shut.

Yes. India settles on T+1, so a holiday pushes the settlement date out. January is the clearest example. When 15 January 2026 became a trading holiday, trades from both 14 and 15 January settled together on 16 January. If you have a pay-in obligation or a withdrawal planned around a holiday, plan ahead.

Yes. After-market orders can be placed through your broker on a holiday and are queued for release when the market reopens. They reach the exchange before the pre-open session on the next trading day, and you can change or cancel them until they are pushed through.

Settlement moves to the next working day on which both the exchange and the clearing banks are open. Nothing is cancelled and no obligation disappears. The pay-in and pay-out shift, the exchange notifies the revised calendar by circular, and your contract note and ledger will show the new dates.

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