Diwali 2026 Muhurat Trading: Celebrations aboard! Nifty gains in 12 out of 15 Muhurat sessions; check performance

The headline reports that the Nifty index closed higher in 12 of the last 15 Muhurat trading sessions, a special one-hour evening session held on Diwali that traditionally marks the start of the Hindu financial year. The pattern reflects a seasonal sentiment effect in which domestic participants and retail investors tend to enter the market with positive expectations, supporting buying interest in large-cap Indian equities. Because Muhurat sessions are low-volume and short, the index moves often carry more symbolic and sentiment weight than signal about broader liquidity or fundamentals. Traders in Nifty futures and options and in heavyweight constituents such as banking and index-linked large caps are the most directly exposed, since these names attract the bulk of session volume. The next clear catalyst for traders is the regular cash-market opening on the first trading day after the festival, where follow-through buying or profit-booking will indicate whether the Muhurat sentiment persists.

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