Share Market Holiday On Guru Nanak Jayanti: Are BSE, NSE Closed Today, November 05?

Is Stock Market Open Or Closed Today, November 5? The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain closed today, Wednesday, November 5, on account of the ‘Guru Nanak Jayanti’.

It means trading in all segments, including equities, derivatives, commodities, currency, etc. will remain unavailable.

Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev, celebrated as the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus, is listed as a holiday for both the BSE and the NSE.

Stock Market Holidays in 2025

According to the stock market holiday calendar for 2025, there are 18 trading holidays, with four falling on weekdays. After the November 5 holiday, both the BSE and NSE will observe just one-day closure in December, on account of ‘Christmas’.

Next Holiday: December 25 (Thursday) – for Christmas

Usual Market Timings

Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:

• A) Pre-open session
  Order entry & modification Open: 09:00 hrs
  Order entry & modification Close: 09:08 hrs
  *with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.
• B) Regular trading session
  Normal / Limited Physical Market Open: 09:15 hrs
  Normal / Limited Physical Market Close: 15:30 hrs
• C) Closing Session
  The Closing Session is held between 15.40 hrs and 16.00 hrs
• D) Block Deal Session Timings:
  Morning Window: This window operates between 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM.
  Afternoon Window: This window operates between 02:05 PM to 2:20 PM.

Bank Holiday Today On Guru Nanak Jayanti

Banks across India will observe public holiday today, November 05, on account of Guru Nanak Jayanti under the RBI holiday calendar. These holidays are not uniform nationwide and vary from state to state.

On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, banks in the following states will be closed: Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, New Delhi, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Kerala, Nagaland, Mizoram.

While physical branches will be closed in the above mentioned states, digital services will be available to use.