Diwali Muhurat Trading 2026: Official Samvat 2083 Session Timings and What Traders Watch

NSE and BSE will conduct the annual Diwali Muhurat Trading session on Sunday, 8 November 2026, marking the auspicious start of the Hindu accounting year Samvat 2083. The special one-hour session is a long-standing Dalal Street tradition where institutional and retail participants place symbolic trades for the new year.

Indian benchmarks enter Samvat 2083 on the front foot after a seven-session rally that carried the Sensex past 81,000 and the Nifty above 25,000.

What happened

Per exchange circulars for the special Sunday window, the session includes a 15-minute pre-open window followed by a one-hour continuous market session across equities, equity derivatives and commodities. All trades executed during the Muhurat window carry normal T+1 settlement obligations. Historically, the Sensex has finished in the green in roughly four out of every five Muhurat sessions over the past decade, though intraday liquidity is thinner than a standard six-hour day.

Why it matters for traders

• Thin liquidity widens bid-ask spreads. Because the continuous window lasts only 60 minutes on a Sunday, market orders on midcaps or far-OTM options can face higher slippage than usual; limit orders offer better control.
• Opening gap-ups often fade after the first 15 minutes. Emotional festive buying at the bell frequently creates a spike that cools down into the second half of the hour.
• Option buyers face rapid theta. Buying weekly index options in a one-hour Sunday session leaves positions exposed to holiday decay before normal trading resumes.

What to watch

• Price action in traditional Muhurat favourites across banking, jewellery/consumer names (such as Titan), autos and IT leaders.
• Pre-open indicative equilibrium prices during the 15-minute window before the continuous bell.
• Exchange holiday schedule following Diwali as liquidity normalises next week.

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