Muhurat Trading 2025: Your Ultimate Guide to a Prosperous Start to the Samvat Year
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Introduction
Every year, Dhanteras marks the beginning of the festive season — a time when people across India buy gold, silver, and other valuables to invite prosperity into their homes.
But did you know the stock market also celebrates its own version of this tradition?
Welcome to Muhurat Trading — a special one-hour session on Diwali where investors, brokers, and families come together to make their first trades of the new Samvat year according to the Hindu calendar.
This sacred session, carefully aligned with auspicious planetary timings, is believed to bring positive outcomes and good fortune for the year ahead.
In this blog, we’ll guide you through everything you need to know about Muhurat Trading 2025 — from its timings and significance to its historical performance — so you can make the most of this auspicious trading hour.
What Is Muhurat Trading and Why Does It Matter?
In simple terms, Muhurat Trading is a special one-hour trading session conducted on Diwali, aligned with the most auspicious planetary hour, known as the 'Muhurat'. Just as families across India perform Lakshmi Pooja during a chosen muhurat for blessings and prosperity, the stock market follows the same tradition in its own way. During this one-hour session, traders and investors can place fresh investments in stocks, mutual funds, gold ETFs, or any other securities — symbolizing the start of a financially prosperous year.
Why Investors Trade During Muhurat?
Beyond the trades and tickers, Muhurat Trading is more about sentiment, optimism, faith, and new beginnings.
As this day marks the start of the Samvat year (2082, according to the Hindu calendar), market participants believe that investing during this auspicious window sets a positive tone for the year ahead.
Apart from this, here's why Muhurat Trading truly matters for investors:
- Muhurat Trading helps investors begin the financial year on a positive, bullish note with auspicious first trades.
- Participating in Muhurat Trading creates festive energy and confidence while planning investments.
- The session inspires discipline and consistency for long-term investment habits.
- Muhurat Trading often reflects optimism and investor confidence at the start of the Samvat year.
- It provides a shared festive trading experience for family and fellow investors.
Muhurat Trading 2025: Key Date, Time, and Session Schedule
Every year, Muhurat Trading is kept on the day of Diwali or Laxmi Poojan. For the past few years, the trading session has been held in the evening slot, between 6:15 and 7:15 pm. However, for this financial year, it's different.
This year, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) announced the time for Muhurat Trading 2025 to be held on Tuesday,October 21, 2025, between 1:45 pm and 2:45 pm."
- Block deal session: 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm
- Pre-open session (sets the opening price for securities): 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm
- Muhurat Trading session: 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm (where investors place trades)
- Closing session: 2:55 pm to 3:05 pm (records the day's prices)
Historical Performance of Muhurat Trading
The concept of Muhurat Trading has been in existence in the markets since 1957. However, the trading volume has varied across different years during this one-hour trading session.
To illustrate this, the chart below shows the positive growth in the Indian indices — Nifty 50, Sensex, and Nifty 500 — over the past five years (2020–2024).
Over the last five years, all three indices (Nifty 50, Sensex, and Nifty 500) have consistently closed in the green across all five Muhurat Trading sessions (2020–2024), showing a continued optimistic sentiment among investors during Diwali.
In history, there have been multiple fluctuations due to volatility. Despite these yearly ups and downs, the indices tend to move in sync, serving as a reminder that Diwali trading often unites the market in a similar festive spirit.
How To Participate In Muhurat Trading 2025
Although the stock market remains closed on Diwali, it will open specially for that 1-hour Muhurat Trading period.
During this hour, anyone with an active trading account can participate and invest in the market. This list includes stocks, futures, options, commodities, mutual funds, etc. Simply log in to your trading platform or contact your broker to place buy or sell orders.
On Muhurat Trading day, all the trades placed will be settled like normal transactions.
Conclusion: Light, Wealth, and Wisdom
No year feels complete without mentioning Diwali, and no exchange operates on Diwali except for Muhurat Trading
During this one-hour special session, the markets open not just for transactions, but for symbolic beginnings - where investors light the lamp of prosperity through thoughtful investments at an auspicious time.
As the diyas illuminate our homes, may your investments in Samvat 2082 also shine with the same light, bringing balance, abundance, and growth throughout the year ahead.
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