Stock market to remain closed today over Ambedkar Jayanti | Full holiday list

Ambedkar Jayanti is a national holiday which is widely celebrated across India with large public gatherings, processions, and community events.

Published on: Apr 14, 2025, 09:26:47 IST

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India is celebrating Ambedkar Jayanti on Monday, April 14, a national holiday observed every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, March 9, 2020 (Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

On account of Amebdkar Jayanti, the stock market is closed on Monday for equity trading, equity derivatives trading, SLB, currency derivatives, NDS-RST, Tri Party Repo, Commodity Derivatives Segment and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR), according to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) website.

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Ambedkar Jayanti is a national holiday which is widely celebrated across India, especially in states such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and so on, with large public gatherings, processions, and community events organised to honour his contributions.

Trading in all of these segments will resume on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

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However, commodity trading will be closed for only the first half of the day or for the morning session alone, and will be open in the second half, or evening session, according to the holiday list on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), India's largest commodity exchange.

List of stock market holidays in 2025

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S.No	Holidays	Date	Day
1	Mahashivratri	February 26,2025	Wednesday
2	Holi	March 14, 2025	Friday
3	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)	March 31,2025	Monday
4	Shri Mahavir Jayanti	April 10,2025	Thursday
5	Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14,2025	Monday
6	Good Friday	April 18,2025	Friday
7	Maharashtra Day	May 01,2025	Thursday
8	Independence Day	August 15,2025	Friday
9	Ganesh Chaturthi	August 27,2025	Wednesday
10	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra	October 02,2025	Thursday
11	Diwali * Laxmi Pujan	October 21,2025	Tuesday
12	Diwali Balipratipada	October 22,2025	Wednesday
13	Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev	November 05,2025	Wednesday
14	Christmas	December 25,2025	Thursday

The morning session of the commodity markets is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, while the evening session time is from 5:00 pm to 11:30/11:55 pm.

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