Diwali Muhurat Trading 2025 Time Live Updates: The special one-hour Muhurat trading session on both the BSE and the NSE will take place between 1:45 pm and 2:45 pm on October 21, with a pre-opening session from 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm, as per exchange notifications. The new session also ushers in Vikram Samvat 2082, the Hindu New Year that begins on Diwali. Traditionally, trading during the ‘Muhurat’ session, the auspicious hour, is believed to bring prosperity and financial growth to investors.

According to official schedules, all trades executed during the Muhurat session will carry regular settlement obligations, meaning delivery and payment duties for buyers and sellers will be settled as on any normal trading day.

V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Investments Ltd, said, “The important takeaway from Samvat 2081 is India’s huge underperformance. Even though there are many reasons, including Trump tariffs, for this underperformance, the single major factor is the sharp decline in India’s earnings growth to 5 per cent in FY25 from average 24 per cent during the three years before that. Since ‘in the long run, the market is a slave of earnings’ the major trend, going forward, will depend on how earnings growth pans out. The fiscal and monetary reforms implemented this year has started showing results.”

Particularly, the sales of automobiles and white goods have shot up early this festive season and, if this trend sustains, earnings growth will be good at around 8 per cent to 10 per cent in FY 26, accelerating to around 15 per cent in FY27. If this expectation materialises, the market will rally in Samvat 2082 compensating for the underperformance of Samvat 2081. In the short run the market may get a leg up from a possible India- US trade deal, but the long-term trend will be dictated by earnings growth, he added.

Muhurat trading is a long-standing Diwali tradition first introduced by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in 1957, and later adopted by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in 1992.

Historically, brokers performed Chopda Pujan, a ritualistic worship of account books, during this auspicious hour to mark the beginning of the new financial year with prosperity and good fortune.

Technical View

Rupak De, senior technical analyst at LKP Securities, said, “The market started with a gap-up (in the previous session on Monday) and remained volatile throughout the day. On the higher end, Nifty touched a high of 25,926 before closing around 25,850. Though there was some profit-taking at higher levels, the overall sentiment is likely to remain strong, with the potential to reach 26,000-26,200 in the short term. The technical setup remains positive as long as the index stays above 25,700, below which it may move back into consolidation.”