Muhurat trading time 2026: NSE, BSE to hold special Diwali trading session today; check market open timings

Indian exchanges NSE and BSE are holding a special one-hour Muhurat trading session on Diwali, an annual ceremonial session traditionally viewed as an auspicious time to initiate investments, according to the Livemint report. The session is brief and typically occurs in the evening, so liquidity is thinner than in regular hours, and price moves can be amplified by a smaller pool of active participants. The main transmission channel is market microstructure and sentiment rather than fundamentals: reduced volumes and compressed trading windows tend to widen bid-ask spreads, while retail-heavy flows can dominate the tape. Equity index futures and high-liquidity large-cap stocks on NSE and BSE are the most directly exposed, with the Nifty 50 and Sensex likely to see the bulk of activity. Traders should watch the closing auction price and volume relative to the prior regular session, since the Muhurat print is often used as a sentiment marker for the start of the new Samvat year.

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