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Time Business News
01-08-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
Complete List Of BSE Holidays 2025 For Indian Investors
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), one of the most popular stock exchanges in India, operates every working weekday of the year apart from a few days. In order to allow market participants to make suitable planning for their trades and transactions, these holidays are standardised and declared every year. Retail investors, institutional traders, fund managers, and brokers dealing in the equity and derivative markets must take note of the BSE holidays 2025 list. Similar to the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the BSE's primary trading segments—equity, equity derivatives, and securities lending and borrowing (SLB)—all observe the same holiday schedule. Due to regional observances, religious festivals, or national celebrations, financial institutions in India have declared these days non-operational. The BSE holiday calendar for 2025 affects the following trading platforms: Equity segment Equity derivatives segment Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) segment The participants trading in these segments of the market must keep themselves updated about trading closure dates, since no transaction business is carried out on these holiday periods. This provides for uniformity, transparency, and equity among all categories of investors trading through the BSE. The following table outlines the complete list of BSE holidays 2025 that will result in market closure. These holidays fall on weekdays and affect all segments mentioned above: Holiday Date Day Maha Shivratri February 26, 2025 Wednesday Holi March 14, 2025 Friday Id-ul-Fitr (Ramzan ID) March 31, 2025 Monday Mahavir Jayanti April 10, 2025 Thursday Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti April 14, 2025 Monday Good Friday April 18, 2025 Friday Maharashtra Day May 1, 2025 Thursday Independence Day August 15, 2025 Friday Ganesh Chaturthi August 27, 2025 Wednesday Dusshera/ Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti October 2, 2025 Thursday Diwali – Laxmi Pujan October 21, 2025 Tuesday Diwali – Balipratipada October 22, 2025 Wednesday Guru Nanak Jayanti November 5, 2025 Wednesday Christmas December 25, 2025 Thursday During these official non-trading days, both order placement and execution activities are halted. Additionally, clearing and settlement processes through the clearing corporations are not conducted, maintaining uniformity across the exchange. Certain significant festivals and commemorative events fall on weekends during 2025. Since the BSE remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays by default, these holidays will not cause additional closure: Holiday Date Day Republic Day January 26, 2025 Sunday Ram Navami April 6, 2025 Sunday Eid-ul-Adha June 7, 2025 Saturday Muharram July 6, 2025 Sunday Though these occasions are marked as national or religious holidays, they do not impact the BSE's operational days since they align with the weekend. On the occasion of Diwali, the BSE holds a ceremonial trading session known as Muhurat Trading every year. According to Hindu tradition, this symbolic trading window marks the start of a new fiscal year. Muhurat Trading is planned for Tuesday, October 21, 2025. On Diwali day, regular trading is closed, but on this auspicious evening, a limited-hour trading session is held. Official circulars are sent out closer to the date with the timings of this special session. Invoking financial prosperity through token trades, this session is especially well-liked by family-run trading desks and retail investors. The publication of the BSE holidays 2025 calendar serves several practical functions in the financial ecosystem: It provides clarity and predictability to all market participants. It allows brokers, institutions, and clearing houses to plan settlements and compliance operations effectively. Investors can structure their fund transactions, SIPs, and NAV redemptions around the market closure dates. It ensures parity with global financial markets that operate on fixed holidays. By circulating this list at the beginning of the year, the Bombay Stock Exchange aligns itself with standard operating norms and facilitates smooth transaction scheduling for clients and firms alike. The BSE observes clearing and settlement holidays in addition to trading holidays. These days are crucial for fund transfer instructions and settlement finality, even though they might not fall on trading holidays. Settlements and margin obligations are typically postponed when clearing corporations stay closed. The BSE's circular notifications and member advisories are typically used to convey all instructions regarding the same in advance. Understanding the BSE holiday structure is important for various stakeholders across the capital market industry: Retail investors : Can avoid placing orders on non-operational days : Can avoid placing orders on non-operational days Portfolio managers and advisors : Use the schedule for asset allocation decisions and rebalancing tasks : Use the schedule for asset allocation decisions and rebalancing tasks Institutional traders : Coordinate transactions, derivatives expiry, and rollovers : Coordinate transactions, derivatives expiry, and rollovers Brokers and dealers : Organise backend operations and workforce logistics : Organise backend operations and workforce logistics Clearing banks and custodians: Manage settlement cycles and margin collection timelines Being aligned with the BSE's market calendar prevents missed trades, liquidity constraints, or fund movement disruptions. While the BSE holidays 2025 list is fixed at the start of the calendar year, the exchange reserves the right to make amendments if the need arises. Any such changes are formally announced through BSE circulars. Participants are advised to monitor updates issued on the official BSE platform to stay informed about potential schedule modifications. These changes may arise from sudden government declarations, state emergencies, or unforeseen national developments. Nevertheless, the exchange ensures that sufficient notice is provided before implementation. Although the BSE and the National Stock Exchange operate independently, both generally adhere to similar holiday schedules. This synchronicity ensures that trading activity remains harmonised across the broader Indian equity and derivatives ecosystem. As a result, days when the BSE is closed are often mirrored on the NSE, reducing any arbitrage discrepancies or market confusion. However, subtle variations may exist depending on segment-specific closures or regional priorities. Traders are encouraged to review both the BSE and NSE holiday calendars to confirm market availability before planning significant transactions. The 2025 holiday schedule for the Bombay Stock Exchange is a vital resource for anyone involved in the Indian financial markets. Throughout the year, it acts as a reference point for investor planning, settlement schedules, and trading activity. Stakeholders can more effectively plan margin calls, investment operations, and compliance tasks with the comprehensive list already in place. Understanding the BSE holidays in 2025 will help you make sure that your transactions are well-timed and in line with the market's cycle, regardless of your level of experience with stocks. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
The Hindu
30-04-2025
- The Hindu
Victim of mob lynching earned living by picking waste from railway tracks
Kerala's Ashraf, 35, the victim of a mob lynching at Kudupu in Mangaluru on April 27, was a rag picker and earned his living by selling plastic bottles which he collected from railway tracks. An investigation by the Mangaluru city police revealed that Ashraf would sleep at the Padil railway station. Every day he walked along the tracks for about 20 km, collect plastic bottles and other dry waste. He would earn about ₹800 per day out of which he would spend around ₹150 for food. On April 27, Ashraf came down from the railway track to the Kudupu playground where a group of people were playing cricket. The group tore his shirt and then hit him on the back with their hands and sticks, and also kicked him relentlessly. Following the assault, Ashraf moved away and collapsed near Bhatra Kallurti temple where he was found dead. Following a complaint by Deepak Kumar, a resident of Kulashekara, the Mangaluru Rural police visited the spot, with Scene Of Crime Officers (SOCO). Based on the opinion of SOCOs that the death of Ashraf was natural, the Mangaluru Rural police registered a case of unnatural death. The post-mortem was done on April 28 at the Government Wenlock Hospital where the forensic experts found that Ashraf's back, hands, and buttocks were completely bruised owing to the assault. As Ashraf wore jeans, bruise marks were not so prominent on the legs. Following opinion by forensic experts that death was due to mob lynching, the police registered a case under Sections 103(2) (murder by group of five or more), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 190, 191(1) (rioting), 191(3), 240 (giving false information) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. So far, a total of 20 of the 25 persons, who were suspected to be involved in the mob lynching, have been arrested. Psychological problem Ashraf's younger brother Abdul Jabbar, who was among the group of family members who had come to the city from Wayanad to take the body back home, told reporters on Wednesday that Ashraf was living separately in Mangaluru for the last few years. He visited Wayanad to meet his mother and he recently visited during Id-ul-Fitr. Mr. Jabbar said his brother had a psychological problem and he had undergone treatment. 'Recently I purchased a mobile SIM in my name and had given it to Ashraf for use,' Mr. Jabbar said. After receiving the body from the police, family members brought it to Zeenath Baksh Juma Masjid where rituals were performed on Wednesday. Then they took the body to Kottakkal in Kerala. District Congress Minority Cell president K.K. Shahul Hamid and former Mayor Ashraf were among the local Congress leaders, who were with the family members on the occasion, said Speaker U.T. Khader in a statement.
