BSE, NSE to Remain Closed on Friday for Gandhi Jayanti; Next Holiday on October 20

Authored By HDFC SKY | Published at: Oct 1, 2026 12:58 PM IST

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Mumbai, Oct 1: Stock exchanges BSE and NSE will remain closed on Friday, October 2, 2026. Markets will be closed on account of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, which marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. All segments, including equity and equity derivatives, will remain closed on the exchanges. No price discovery will take place in the cash market on this day. Markets will open as usual on Monday, October 5.

The country will celebrate the day with prayers at Rajghat in Delhi, where the President, the Prime Minister and other senior citizens will offer floral tributes.

After Friday, the markets will remain closed again on Tuesday, October 20, on account of Dussehra. Otherwise, the markets will remain open on all other weekdays. Here’s the full list of trading holidays for the equity and equity derivatives segments in 2026:

Sr. No.	Holiday	Date	Day
1	MCGM Election Day	15-Jan-26	Thursday
2	Republic Day	26-Jan-26	Monday
3	Holi	03-Mar-26	Tuesday
4	Shri Ram Navami	26-Mar-26	Thursday
5	Shri Mahavir Jayanti	31-Mar-26	Tuesday
6	Good Friday	03-Apr-26	Friday
7	Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti	14-Apr-26	Tuesday
8	Maharashtra Day	01-May-26	Friday
9	Bakri Id	28-May-26	Thursday
10	Muharram	26-Jun-26	Friday
11	Ganesh Chaturthi	14-Sep-26	Monday
12	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	02-Oct-26	Friday
13	Dussehra	20-Oct-26	Tuesday
14	Diwali Balipratipada	10-Nov-26	Tuesday
15	Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev	24-Nov-26	Tuesday
16	Christmas	25-Dec-26	Friday

With Friday’s holiday, October will have 11 non-trading days in total once weekends are factored in. Investors should also note that any transaction requiring bank settlement will similarly pause on the holiday, since banks typically observe the same festival closures, even though digital banking services like UPI and ATM withdrawals remain unaffected.

With Dussehra and Diwali following in October and November, festival season is well and truly around the corner, a period that has historically coincided with a seasonal pickup in retail participation, consumption-linked stock activity, and festive buying across sectors from jewellery to autos to real estate.

Looking ahead, Diwali Laxmi Pujan falls on Sunday, November 8, when the NSE and BSE will hold a special Muhurat Trading session marking the start of the new Samvat year. The exchanges will announce the exact session timings closer to the date.

Sources

NSE trading holiday circular for 2026; BSE; Incredible India (Gandhi Jayanti).

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