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Maha Shivratri stock market holiday: Is NSE, BSE open or closed on Feb 26? check details

Abha Raverkar

2 min read | Updated on February 26, 2025, 04:25 IST

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Maha Shivratri holiday: The NSE and BSE will remain closed on Wednesday, February 26, for Mahashivratri. Banks across fifteen states will also observe the holiday.

February 26 marks the first trading holiday of the calendar year 2025, which includes a total of 14 stock market holidays. | Image: PTI

February 26 marks the first trading holiday of the calendar year 2025, which includes a total of 14 stock market holidays. | Image: PTI

Stock market holiday: Indian stock exchanges–the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange)–will remain closed on Maha Shivratri on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

This means trading activities in equity, equity derivatives and commodity markets will be halted.

This will mark the first trading holiday of the calendar year 2025, which includes a total of 14 stock market holidays.

Here is a list of all the stock market holidays in 2025:

Sr. NoDateDayHoliday
1February 26, 2025WednesdayMaha Shivratri
2March 14, 2025FridayHoli
3March 31, 2025MondayId-Ul-Fitr (Ramadan Eid)
4April 10, 2025ThursdayShri Mahavir Jayanti
5April 14, 2025MondayDr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti
6April 18, 2025FridayGood Friday
7May 01, 2025ThursdayMaharashtra Day
8August 15, 2025FridayIndependence Day
9August 27, 2025WednesdayGanesh Chaturthi
10October 02, 2025ThursdayMahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra
11October 21, 2025TuesdayDiwali Laxmi Pujan*
12October 22, 2025WednesdayDiwali-Balipratipada
13November 05, 2025WednesdayPrakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev
14December 25, 2025ThursdayChristmas

Bank holiday on February 26

On account of Maha Shivratri, banks in Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh. Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh will remain closed on Wednesday, February 26.

Banks in Sikkim will also remain closed on Friday, February 28 to observe the Losar festival, which marks the beginning of the lunar new year in Tibetan Buddhism.

Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually to honour Lord Shiva. There is a public holiday across the country every year on this occasion.

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Abha Raverkar
Abha Raverkar is a post-graduate in economics from Christ University, Bengaluru. She has a strong interest in the markets and loves to unravel the nitty-gritties of the latest happenings in the world of markets, business, and economy.

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