NSE, BSE Holiday List 2026: The year 2026 has just started. Though global stock markets remain closed today, January 1, 2026, the Indian stock market will be open on the first day of the new year.
According to the official holiday calendar, trading on the National Stock Exchange and the BSE will continue as usual on January 1, 2026, with normal market hours across equity, derivatives, and currency segments.
NSE, BSE Holiday List 2026
According to the NSE’s Trading Holidays for the Calendar Year 2026, the first holiday will be on January 26 (Republic Day), and the last holiday will be on December 25 (Christmas) for the year.
| Sr. No. | Date | Day | Holiday Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 26, 2026 | Monday | Republic Day |
| 2 | March 03, 2026 | Tuesday | Holi |
| 3 | March 26, 2026 | Thursday | Shri Ram Navami |
| 4 | March 31, 2026 | Tuesday | Shri Mahavir Jayanti |
| 5 | April 03, 2026 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 | April 14, 2026 | Tuesday | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 7 | May 01, 2026 | Friday | Maharashtra Day |
| 8 | May 28, 2026 | Thursday | Bakri Id |
| 9 | July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | Muharram |
| 10 | September 14, 2026 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 11 | October 02, 2026 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 12 | October 20, 2026 | Tuesday | Dussehra |
| 13 | November 10, 2026 | Tuesday | Diwali-Balipratipada |
| 14 | November 24, 2026 | Tuesday | Prakash Gurpurab Sri Guru Nanak Dev |
| 15 | December 25, 2026 | Friday | Christmas |
Stock Market Timing
The timing of the stock market will remain the same, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. From 9:00 am to 9:15 am, the market witnesses a pre-market session. The active trading takes place between 9:15 and 3:30 pm.
Indian Stock Market In 2025
Indian equity benchmark index Nifty has pulled off an unprecedented 10th consecutive year of positive returns, closing 2025 with about 10.5% gain despite a cocktail of challenges that would have buckled most markets-India-Pakistan tensions, Trump tariffs, the rupee breaching 91 against the dollar, and persistent concerns around the mismatch between valuations and earnings growth.
The last time Nifty delivered a negative return was in 2015, when the index fell 4%. Since then, every single calendar year has ended in the green, with the highest gain of 29% recorded in 2017.
The year was marked by ferocious FII selling of around $18 billion as foreign liquidity pivoted to other global equity markets, including China, Japan, Europe and the USA. But domestic investors kept the faith, with SIP flows alone surging to approximately Rs 3.2 lakh crore in CY25.