# Market Hours



Indian stock markets operate within fixed trading sessions. The equity segment trades from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM IST, Monday to Friday — knowing these windows matters for integrations, since live market data and order placement are only available while a segment is in session.

### Equity (NSE / BSE) [#equity-nse--bse]

| Session                       | Timing                | Notes                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Block deal window (morning)   | 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM     | Institutional block deals                                                                                      |
| Pre-open — order entry        | 9:00 AM – 9:08 AM     | Orders can be placed, modified, and cancelled; no matching. Order entry may close randomly in the last minute. |
| Pre-open — order matching     | 9:08 AM – 9:12 AM     | Equilibrium (opening) price discovery; no new orders                                                           |
| Pre-open — buffer             | 9:12 AM – 9:15 AM     | Transition to normal market                                                                                    |
| **Normal market**             | **9:15 AM – 3:30 PM** | Continuous trading                                                                                             |
| Closing price calculation     | 3:30 PM – 3:40 PM     | Closing price computed as the volume-weighted average of the last 30 minutes of trading                        |
| Post-close session            | 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM     | Market orders only, executed at the closing price                                                              |
| Block deal window (afternoon) | 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM     | Institutional block deals                                                                                      |

### Equity Derivatives (NSE/BSE F\&O) [#equity-derivatives-nsebse-fo]

| Session       | Timing            |
| ------------- | ----------------- |
| Normal market | 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM |

### Currency Derivatives [#currency-derivatives]

| Session       | Timing            |
| ------------- | ----------------- |
| Normal market | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |

### Commodity Derivatives (MCX) [#commodity-derivatives-mcx]

| Segment                                               | Timing                                                                             |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All segments — open                                   | 9:00 AM                                                                            |
| Agri commodities — close                              | 5:00 PM                                                                            |
| Non-agri / internationally linked commodities — close | 11:30 PM (during US daylight saving, roughly Mar–Nov) / 11:55 PM (roughly Nov–Mar) |

### Special Sessions and Holidays [#special-sessions-and-holidays]

* **Muhurat trading** — a special one-hour session held on Diwali; timings are announced by the exchanges each year.
* **Exchange holidays** — trading and live streaming are unavailable on published exchange holidays. Refer to the official NSE/BSE/MCX holiday calendars.
* **Special/mock sessions** — exchanges occasionally announce shortened, extended, or mock trading sessions by circular.

**Note:** For API integrations
Outside market hours, streaming subscriptions succeed but deliver no live ticks; snapshot subscriptions return the last available data. Check `marketStatus` per exchange segment rather than hard-coding session times, since exchanges revise timings by circular.