List of Market Holidays in 2025: Market participants—especially those who can't get enough of their busy hours on Dalal Street—are set to have an eventful 2025 with fewer holidays during the year compared to 2024. This is because days like Republic Day will be during the weekend in the New Year in contrast to 2024 when they were during weekdays. The year 2024 also had more holidays on account of general and assembly elections. 

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On the other hand, 2025 will have two holidays that were not there the previous year: Mahavir Jayanti and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. This is because these days occurred during the weekend in 2024.  

Market Holiday List 2025: Here is a complete list of market holidays in the New Year 2025:  

Holiday Date Day
Mahashivratri February 26, 2025 Wednesday
Holi March 14, 2025 Friday
Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id) March 31, 2025 Monday
Shri Mahavir Jayanti April 10, 2025 Thursday
Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti April 14, 2025 Monday
Good Friday April 18, 2025 Friday
Maharashtra Day May 01, 2025 Thursday
Independence Day August 15, 2025 Friday
Ganesh Chaturthi August 27, 2025 Wednesday
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra October 02, 2025 Thursday
Diwali Balipratipada October 22, 2025 Wednesday
Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev November 05, 2025 Wednesday
Christmas December 25, 2025 Thursday

So there will be 13 market holidays in 2025 (in addition to the weekly offs). Additionally, a special 'Muhurat' trading session will be held on October 21 in 2025. This marks a special session—typically one hour long—to mark the onset of a New Year as per the Vikrami calendar. 

BSE and NSE will observe holidays on these days. What does that mean?

It means that trading across key segments, ranging from equities and equity derivatives to securities lending and borrowing (SLB), will be unavailable on stock exchanges BSE and NSE on these days. 

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