Muhurat Trading 2026: Date, Timing and Nifty History
The Diwali session that opens Samvat 2083 - when it is, how the Nifty has moved in every Muhurat session since 2012, and what each Samvat year returned.
Muhurat trading 2026 is on Sunday, 8 November (Samvat 2083). Since 2012 the Nifty has risen in 11 of 14 Muhurat sessions, by +0.27% on average; Samvat 2082 so far, from the 21 Oct 2025 Muhurat close to 16 Oct 2026, the Nifty is -10.5%.
Muhurat trading 2026 is on Sunday, 8 November 2026 - Diwali Laxmi Pujan and the first session of Samvat 2083. NSE notifies the one-hour session timing by circular. Below: every Muhurat session's Nifty and Bank Nifty move since 2012, each Samvat year's return, and how Samvat 2082 is ending.
Muhurat trading is the one-hour session NSE and BSE hold on Diwali Laxmi Pujan to mark the start of the new Samvat year. Many traders and investors place a token buy that evening as an auspicious start to the year, which is why the session is usually thinly traded and mildly positive.
This page puts every Muhurat session since 2012 in one table, from NSE's own daily index files: the Nifty and Bank Nifty move in the session, and the return of the whole Samvat year that followed, measured from one Muhurat close to the next.
How a Muhurat session works
The session lasts about an hour and is preceded by a short pre-open, like a normal trading day. Exchanges announce the exact slot by circular each year, usually a couple of weeks before Diwali - in 2025 it ran from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, and in 2024 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Trades in the Muhurat session are ordinary trades: they settle like any other session's and count towards positions as usual. Because volumes are light, prices can move on small orders, so the session's move is better read as a ritual than a signal.
How the numbers on this page are calculated
Session moves are NSE's published percentage change for the Nifty 50 and Nifty Bank on the Muhurat date, against the previous session's close. NSE's archive of daily index files begins in 2012, which is why the table starts there; free price histories also skip the sessions held on weekends.
A Samvat year's return runs from one Muhurat close to the next. The year in progress is measured from the last Muhurat close to the latest stored close. Stock returns use split- and bonus-adjusted closes.
What Muhurat history can and cannot tell you
The pattern of small gains is real, but the sample is fourteen sessions and the moves are fractions of a percent - well within an ordinary day's noise. The session's direction has also been a poor guide to the year that followed, as the table shows.
Samvat-year returns are simply the market's annual returns measured from Diwali; they vary as much as any calendar year's.
Key takeaways
- Muhurat trading 2026: Sunday, 8 November 2026, the first session of Samvat 2083.
- NSE announces the one-hour timing by circular shortly before Diwali.
- Session moves since 2012 are small, and mostly positive.
- The session's direction has been a poor guide to the Samvat year that followed.
- Samvat-year returns are measured here from one Muhurat close to the next.
Frequently asked questions
When is Muhurat trading in 2026?
On Sunday, 8 November 2026, the day of Diwali Laxmi Pujan, which begins Samvat 2083. NSE has listed the date; the exact one-hour timing is notified by circular closer to Diwali.
What time is Muhurat trading 2026?
The timing has not been announced yet. NSE and BSE publish it by circular, usually a couple of weeks before Diwali; this page will show it once it is out. In 2025 the session ran from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm and in 2024 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Does the Nifty usually rise in Muhurat trading?
Mostly, and by small amounts. The table on this page lists every session since 2012 with its percentage move, and the summary above it counts the up and down sessions.
What is Samvat 2083?
The Vikram Samvat year that begins on Diwali 2026. Many Indian businesses and traders start their financial year at Diwali, which is why market returns are often quoted from one Diwali to the next - Samvat-year returns.
Are trades in the Muhurat session settled normally?
Yes. Trades in the Muhurat session settle like trades in any other session.
Does a good Muhurat session mean a good year?
No reliable link shows up in the data: compare each session's move with the Samvat-year return beside it in the table.