National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange list of holidays for the Year 2020

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Sr. No	Date	Day	Holiday Description
1	February 21, 2020	Friday	Mahashivratri
2	March 10, 2020	Tuesday	Holi
3	April 02, 2020	Thursday	Ram Navami
4	April 06, 2020	Monday	Mahavir Jayanti
5	April 10, 2020	Friday	Good Friday
6	April 14, 2020	Tuesday	Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti
7	May 01, 2020	Friday	Maharashtra Day
8	May 25, 2020	Monday	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)
9	October 02, 2020	Friday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
10	November 16, 2020	Monday	Diwali Balipratipada
11	November 30, 2020	Monday	Gurunanak Jayanti
12	December 25, 2020	Friday	Christmas

 

*Muhurat Trading will be conducted on Saturday, November 14, 2020, Diwali * Laxmi Pujan .

Timings for Muhurat Trading will be notified by the exchange subsequently.

The holidays falling on Saturday / Sunday are as follows::

Sr. No	Date	Day	Holiday Description
1	January 26, 2020	Sunday	Republic Day
2	August 01, 2020	Saturday	Bakri Id
3	August 15, 2020	Saturday	Independence Day
4	August 22, 2020	Saturday	Ganesh Chaturthi
5	August 30, 2020	Sunday	Muharram
6	October 25, 2020	Sunday	Dussehra
7	November 14, 2020	Saturday	Diwali * Laxmi Pujan

 

Market Timings

Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:

A) Pre-open session
Order entry & modification Open : 09:00 hrs
Order entry & modification Close : 09:08 hrs*
*with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.

B) Regular trading session
Normal / Limited Physical Market Open : 09:15 hrs
Normal / Limited Physical Market Close : 15:30 hrs

Block deal session is held between 09:15 hrs and 09:50 hrs

C) The Closing Session is held between 15.40 hrs and 16.00 hrs

Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.