Stock Market Holidays 2026: Full month-wise schedule and long weekend dates; check list

Stock Market Holidays 2026: The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) has announced its trading holiday list for the upcoming calendar year 2026. According to the circular, markets will remain closed for 15 days.

Four holidays – Mahashivratri, Id-UL-Fitr (Ramadan Eid), Independence Day and Diwali Laxmi Pujan – are falling on Saturdays and Sundays in 2026. Muhurat Trading will take place on Sunday, November 8, on the occasion of Diwali Laxmi Pujan.

Stock Market Holidays in 2026: Month-wise breakdown

• January: Republic Day (January 26, Monday)
• February: Mahashivratri (February 15, Sunday)
• March: Holi (March 3, Tuesday), Id-Ul-Fitr (March 21, Saturday), Shri Ram Navami (March 26, Thursday), Shri Mahavir Jayanti (March 31, Tuesday)
• April: Good Friday (April 3, Friday), Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14, Tuesday)
• May: Maharashtra Day (May 1, Friday), Bakri Id (May 28, Thursday)
• June: Muharram (June 26, Friday)
• July: No market holiday
• August: Independence Day (August 15, Saturday)
• September: Ganesh Chaturthi (September 14, Monday)
• October: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (October 2, Friday), Dusshera (October 20, Tuesday)
• November: Diwali Laxmi Pujan (August 15, Saturday), Diwali-Balipratipada (November 10, Tuesday), Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev (November 24, Tuesday)
• December: Christmas (December 25, Friday)

Stock Market Holidays in 2026: Full list

Stock market holidays falling on weekends in 2026

Stock Market Holidays 2026: Long weekends

2026 will offer seven long weekends, allowing investors to refresh and rejuvenate. Here's a look at all extended holidays in the next calendar year.

• Republic Day weekend: January 24 (Saturday), January 25 (Sunday), January 26 (Monday)
• Good Friday weekend: April 3 (Friday), April 4 (Saturday), April 5 (Sunday)
• Maharashtra Day weekend: May 1 (Friday), May 2 (Saturday), May 3 (Sunday)
• Muharram weekend: June 26 (Friday), June 27 (Saturday), June 28 (Sunday)
• Ganesh Chaturthi weekend: September 12 (Saturday), September 13 (Sunday), September 14 (Monday)
• Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti weekend: October 2 (Friday), October 3 (Saturday), October 4 (Sunday)
• Christmas weekend: December 25 (Friday), December 26 (Saturday), December 27 (Sunday)