We have entered 2026 and here is the list of trading holidays for the exchanges. You may plan your long vacations this year as we are having lots of long weekends coming on the way. 2025 has been a great year for trading as stocks have skyrocketed with booming 5% returns in the last calendar year.
A holiday calendar is one of the tools of an options trader. As in the case of a holiday, the options premium is always higher. So an option writer is more comfortable when writing options on a week having fewer trading days. The risk of gap up and gap-down movement is higher as less number of days for trading.
If you are willing to do BTST (buy today sell tomorrow), then have a look at the settlement and clearing holidays as well. As the next day being a holiday, brokers may not permit to sell the stocks bought today. So better is to check the holidays’ calendar and proactively ask the broker if taking BTST trade will be good.
Trading holidays for 2026:
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | January 26, 2026 | Monday |
| Holi | March 03, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Shri Ram Navami | March 26, 2026 | Thursday |
| Shri Mahavir Jayanti | March 31, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | April 03, 2026 | Friday |
| Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | April 14, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Maharashtra Day | May 01, 2026 | Friday |
| Bakri Id | May 28, 2026 | Thursday |
| Muharram | June 26, 2026 | Friday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | September 14, 2026 | Monday |
| Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | October 02, 2026 | Friday |
| Dussehra | October 20, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | November 10, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev | November 24, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Christmas | December 25, 2026 | Friday |
*Muhurat Trading will be conducted on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The timings of Muhurat Trading will be updated later. Also, we will be sharing muhurat trading picks once the timings are announced.
Holidays For Settlement and Clearing for 2026:
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | January 26, 2026 | Monday |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | February 19, 2026 | Thursday |
| Holi | March 03, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Shri Ram Navami | March 26, 2026 | Thursday |
| Shri Mahavir Jayanti | March 31, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Annual Bank closing | April 01, 2026 | Wednesday |
| Good Friday | April 03, 2026 | Friday |
| Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | April 14, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Maharashtra Day | May 01, 2026 | Friday |
| Bakri Id | May 28, 2026 | Thursday |
| Muharram | June 26, 2026 | Friday |
| Id-E-Milad | August 27, 2026 | Thursday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | September 14, 2026 | Monday |
| Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | October 02, 2026 | Friday |
| Dussehra | October 20, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | November 10, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev | November 24, 2026 | Tuesday |
| Christmas | December 25, 2026 | Friday |
Holidays For Commodity Trading- MCX/NCDEX for 2026:
| Holiday | Date | Day | Morning Session | Evening Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New year | January 01, 2026 | Thursday | Open | Closed |
| Republic Day | January 26, 2026 | Monday | Closed | Closed |
| Holi | March 03, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
| Shri Ram Navami | March 26, 2026 | Thursday | Closed | Open |
| Shri Mahavir Jayanti | March 31, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
| Good Friday | April 03, 2026 | Friday | Closed | Closed |
| Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | April 14, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
| Maharashtra Day | May 01, 2026 | Friday | Closed | Open |
| Bakri Id | May 28, 2026 | Thursday | Closed | Open |
| Muharram | June 26, 2026 | Friday | Closed | Open |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | September 14, 2026 | Monday | Closed | Open |
| Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | October 02, 2026 | Friday | Closed | Closed |
| Dussehra | October 20, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | November 10, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
| Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev | November 24, 2026 | Tuesday | Closed | Open |
The list of holidays for Currency Derivatives Segment should be the same as above.
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