Rama Krishna Sangem
All eyes are on the famous Muhurat Trading at stock exchanges in Mumbai. National Stock Exchange and MSDEyeThis year, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) announced the time for Muhurat Trading 2025 to be held on Tuesday,October 21, 2025, between 1:45 pm and 2:45 pm.”
Block deal session: 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm, Pre-open session (sets the opening price for securities): 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Muhurat Trading session: 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm (where investors place trades), Closing session: 2:55 pm to 3:05 pm (records the day’s prices)
Concept of Muhurat Trading
The concept of Muhurat Trading has been in existence in the markets since 1957. However, the trading volume has varied across different years during this one-hour trading session, according to Anand Rathi blog, run by an investment services group from Mumbai.. To illustrate this, the chart below shows the positive growth in the Indian indices — Nifty 50, Sensex, and Nifty 500 — over the past five years (2020–2024).
Every year, Dhanteras marks the beginning of the festive season — a time when people across India buy gold, silver, and other valuables to invite prosperity into their homes. But did you know the stock market also celebrates its own version of this tradition?
Welcome to Muhurat Trading — a special one-hour session on Diwali where investors, brokers, and families come together to make their first trades of the new Samvat year according to the Hindu calendar.
This sacred session, carefully aligned with auspicious planetary timings, is believed to bring positive outcomes and good fortune for the year ahead. Muhurat Trading is a special one-hour trading session conducted on Diwali, aligned with the most auspicious planetary hour, known as the ‘Muhurat’.
Just as families across India perform Lakshmi Pooja during a chosen muhurat for blessings and prosperity, the stock market follows the same tradition in its own way. During this one-hour session, traders and investors can place fresh investments in stocks, mutual funds, gold ETFs, or any other securities — symbolizing the start of a financially prosperous year.
Why Investors Trade During Muhurat?
Beyond the trades and tickers, Muhurat Trading is more about sentiment, optimism, faith, and new beginnings. Most traditional businesses tally their account books on Deepavali festival and begin new financial year.
As this day marks the start of the Samvat year (2082, according to the Hindu calendar), market participants believe that investing during this auspicious window sets a positive tone for the year ahead. Muhurat Trading helps investors begin the financial year on a positive, bullish note with auspicious first trades.
Participating in Muhurat Trading creates festive energy and confidence while planning investments. The session inspires discipline and consistency for long-term investment habits. Muhurat Trading often reflects optimism and investor confidence at the start of Samvat year. Those who want to enter stock trading too consider this day as an auspicious time to begin with, even symbolically.