Share Market Timings In India

Published Date: December 21, 2021
Updated Date: January 14, 2026
By Team Choice

Just like the normal local market is not open the entire day, similar is the case with the stock market as well. Therefore, all the individuals have to trade within a specific time window to keep the market flowing.

Stay updated with share market opening and closing time along with today’s share market trading time for informed investing decisions.

The trading window in India is from 9:15 AM- 3:30 PM. These are the timings from Monday-Friday. As far as the share market timings for Saturday are considered, the market does not operate either on Saturdays or Sundays.

Equity Market Timings

Know the equity market timing in India, including equity market opening time and equity market closing time, to plan your trades effectively.

Trading Sessions	Time
Block Deal Session 1 Open	08:45 hrs
Block Deal Session 1 Close	09:00 hrs
Pre-open Session (Regular) Open	09:00 hrs
Special Pre-open Session (SPOS) Open	09:00 hrs
Pre-open Session (Regular) Close	09:08 hrs
T+0 Market Open Time	09:15 hrs
Normal / Odd Lot Market Open	09:15 hrs
Call Auction Illiquid Session (6 sessions of 1 hour each) From	09:30 hrs
Special Pre-open Session (SPOS) Close	09:45 hrs
T+0 Market Close Time	13:30 hrs
T+0 Trade Modification End Time	13:45 hrs
Auction Market Open	14:00 hrs
Block Deal Session 2 Open	14:05 hrs
Block Deal Session 2 Close	14:20 hrs
Auction Market Close	14:30 hrs
Normal / Odd Lot Market Close	15:30 hrs
Call Auction Illiquid Session (6 sessions of 1 hour each)	15:30 hrs
Closing Session Open	15:40 hrs
Closing Session Close	16:00 hrs
Trade Modification Cut-off Time *	16:15 hrs

Mutual Funds Timings

Market Time	Segment
9:00 hrs – 15:00 hrs	MFSS Segment

Series	Description
DP	Dividend Pay-out Option
DR	Dividend Reinvestment Option
GR	Growth Option

Category	Description	Timing
HLIQD	Liquid transaction available for Historic NAV – Only subscription allowed	9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
All categories other than HLIQD	All subscriptions including DBTCR transactions	9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
All Categories	All redemptions and switch transactions	9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Securities Lending & Borrowing

Trading Sessions	Time
Market Open Time	09:15 hrs
Market Close Time	17:00 hrs

Note: Due to Diwali Laxmi Pujan, Muhurat Trading will be held. The exact market timings will be announced later

The share market remains functional from Monday to Friday, and the weekends are closed. Apart from the two holidays per week, there are also some other share market holidays when the stock market remains closed.

The List Of The Holidays For 2026 is Given Below.

NSE Holidays

BSE Holidays

MCX Holidays

Stock Market Holidays