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Muhurat Trading 2025: Each year, while all of India is lighting diyas and celebrating Diwali, the Indian stock exchanges conduct a short but highly significant session termed 'Muhurat trading', which is characterised by stock exchanges being open for the briefest time. For investors and traders, this one-hour window is not just about profits—it's about drawing in good luck and starting things off positively for the upcoming financial year.

Muhurat trading is a concept that has existed for many decades and is strongly influenced by India's cultural and religious beliefs. 'Muhurat' is the term for a lucky time that the Hindu calendar determines, and that is assumed to bring success and good luck. According to tradition, carrying out economic activities within this time period attracts wealth and prosperity from Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was the first to establish the practice of Muhurat trading and did so in 1957, while the National Stock Exchange (NSE) followed suit in 1992. Since then, the practice has been a yearly routine that coincides with Laxmi Puja during Diwali. It also signals the start of the new 'Samvat year'—the traditional Hindu accounting year that many Gujarati and Marwari traders still follow.

In contrast to normal trading days, Muhurat trading is open for only one hour in the evening. A pre-open session, normal trading session, and closing session generally take place within this period. A few days before the actual trading, exchanges usually announce the market timings.

The trading session for Muhurat this year is going to be on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

a) Pre-open: 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm

b) Muhurat trading window: 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

c) Trade modification cut-off/closing: 2:55 pm

Apart from reflecting the overall market sentiment, Muhurat trading exemplifies the unique blend of finance and religion in India. It shows how much the country's economic framework is influenced by cultural values. For experienced investors, it is an opportunity to reaffirm their commitments for the long run; for those who are just starting to invest, it is a good time to get in.

To put it differently, Muhurat trading is not merely an event in the market but a festival of hope, prosperity, and the unyielding belief that good beginnings will result in good endings.

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