Indian Share Market Holidays for the Calendar Year 2019

 Holidays for Trading

The BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange), NSE (National Stock Exchange) are the two major stock exchanges in India for trading equities. If you're a trader, this Indian share market holidays for the calendar year 2019 will help you schedule your trading wisely.

These are the holidays when you cannot trade because these are trading holidays.

Holidays                                                 Month                    Date                      Day

Mahashivratri                                           March                     4^th                               Monday

Holi                                                          March                     21^st                        Thursday

Mahavir Jayanti                                       April                        17^th                        Wednesday

Good Friday                                             April                       19^th                        Friday

General Elections Day (Mumbai)             April                       29^th                        Monday

Maharashtra Day                                     May                        1^st                          Wednesday

Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)                           August                   12^th                        Monday

Independence Day                                  August                   15^th                        Thursday

Ganesh Chaturthi                                   September             2nd                         Monday

Muharram                                               September             10^th                        Tuesday

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti                       October                  2^nd                          Wednesday

Dussehra                                                October                  8^th                          Tuesday

Diwali Balipratipada                               October                  28^th                         Monday

Gurunanak Jayanti                                 November             12^th                         Tuesday

Christmas                                               December             25^th                         Wednesday

Holidays for Clearing & Settlement

These are the days on which trading on the stock exchanges is allowed, but settlements don't happen on that day either because the banks or closed or depositories are closed. So, it might take an extra day for the shares to get deposited to your demat account or an extra day for you to get your money in your trading account.

Holidays                                                   Month                    Date                       Day

Chatrapati Shivaji Jayanti                        February                  19^th                        Tuesday

Mahashivratri                                           March                       4^th                          Monday

Holi                                                           March                      21st                       Thursday

Annual Closing of Banks                          April                         1st                         Monday

Mahavir Jayanti                                        April                         17th                       Wednesday

Good Friday                                             April                         19                          Friday

Maharashtra Day                                     May                          1st                         Wednesday

Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)                           June                         5th                         Wednesday

Bakri Eid                                                 August                     12th                        Monday

Independence Day                                 August                     15th                        Thursday

Ganesh Chaturthi                                   September               2nd                        Monday

Moharram                                               September               10th                       Tuesday

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti                       October                    2nd                        Wednesday

Dussehra                                               October                    8th                         Tuesday

Diwali-Balipratipada                               October                    28th                       Monday

Gurunanak Jayanti                                 November               12th                       Tuesday

Christmas                                               December               25th                       Wednesday

Here are some trading holidays for 2019 that fall on Saturdays and Sundays on which both the stock exchanges are usually closed.

Holidays                                                   Month                    Date                      Day

Republic Day                                           January                  26^st                        Saturday

Ram Navami                                            April                       13^th                        Saturday

Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti         April                        14^th                        Sunday

Diwali (Laxmi Puja)                                 October                   27th                       Sunday

Note

 It's up to the exchange whether to keep the market open on holidays or close it on days that aren't declared as holidays. They may even change the market timings as they deem fit.

Since Laxmi Puja is an auspicious day, the Indian Stock Market will be holding muhurat trading on this day. We will notify the exact muhurat trading timings to you.