BSE NSE list of Holidays 2009

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

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. This time it falls on Saturday but still Muhurat trading will be held on October 17th 2009 from 6:15 PM to 7:45 PM.

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.

	Occasion	Date	Day
1.	Moharram	January 8^th 2009	Thursday
2.	Republic Day	January 26^th 2009	Monday
3.	Mahashivratri	February 23^rd 2009	Monday
4.	Id-E-Milad	March 10^th 2009	Tuesday
5.	Holi	March 11^th 2009	Wednesday
6.	Sri Ram Navmi	April 3^rd 2009	Friday
7.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 7^th 2009	Tuesday
8.	Good Friday	April 10^th 2009	Friday
9.	Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14^th 2009	Tuesday
10.	Maharashtra Day	May 1^st 2009	Friday
11.	Ramzan Id	September 21^st 2009	Monday
12.	Dasera	September 28^th 2009	Monday
13.	Gandhi Jayanti	October 2^nd 2009	Friday
14.	Diwali ( Bhaubeez)	October 19^th 2009	Monday
15.	Gurunanak Jayanti	November 2^nd 2009	Monday
16.	Christmas	December 25^th 2009	Friday
17.	Moharram	December 28^th 2009	Monday