Diwali Muhurat Trading 2017 on the occasion of Diwali (Laxmi Pujan) will be held on 19 October 2017 in NSE, BSE, MCX and NCDEX. This special live trading session will be for one hour duration from evening 18:30 Hrs to 19:30 Hrs.
Every year on the occasion of diwali indian stock and commodity exchanges conduct special one hour live trading session in the evening. There will not be any trading session in the morning. For normal trading purposes, 19 October is considered as trading holiday. But all the trades executed on this special session will result in settlement obligations.
Timings of Diwali Muhurat trading on NSE
Source: NSE India
All the exchanges follow similar timings. 20 October 2017 is a trading holiday on the occasion of Diwali-Balipratipada. Many broking houses already came with diwali special picks for value investors.