BSE and NSE List of Holidays 2010/Sensex Holidays

The following table lists BSE and NSE holidays. BSE/NSE declares holidays for all major festivals, Independence Day (August 15th) and Republic day (January 26th). Saturdays and Sundays are weekly holidays.

	Occasion	Date	Day
1.	New Year	January 1^st 2010	Friday
2.	Republic Day	January 26^th 2010	Tuesday
3.	Mahashivratri	February 12^th 2010	Friday
4.	Holi	March 1^st 2010	Monday
5.	Sri Rama Navami	March 24^th 2010	Wednesday
6.	Good Friday	April 2^nd 2010	Friday
7.	Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14^th 2010	Wednesday
8.	Ramzan Id	September 10^th 2010	Friday
9.	Diwali Amavasya (Laxmi Puja)	November 5^th 2010	Friday
10.	Bakrid	November 17^th 2010	Wednesday
11.	Moharram	December 17^th 2010	Friday

Diwali is celebrated on Ashwayuja Bahula Amaavaasya. Usually it comes in the month of October/November. This day is considered as a precious day for starting a new business and extending an existing business. Lakshmi (Goddess of wealth) Puja is carried out on this day to favor their businesses. Muhurat trading is held on BSE and NSE on the day of Diwali (Laxmi Puja) for half an hour/an hour, though it’s declared as a holiday. BSE declares exact timings of the Muhurat trading few days before Diwali.

On this day most of the traders/investors buy at least a few quantity of shares. Most of the people believe that they would get benefited from the trades done on that day. In 2008, in spite of all the negative news of recession Sensex went up sharply.

Source: BSE website