NSE Holiday Watch: Market Closed on 10 November 2026 for Diwali-Balipratipada

The National Stock Exchange will keep its Capital Market segment shut on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, for Diwali-Balipratipada, per NSE circular NSE/CMTR/71775. For investors planning sales, switches, or new buys around the festive week, that single closed session has knock-on effects for settlement, fund credits, and statutory filings that happen to cluster in the same stretch of November 2026. This watchlist maps exactly what is closed, what stays open, and which deadlines you cannot push just because the ticker is dark.

Two dates anchor the week. The special Muhurat Trading session, marking Laxmi Pujan, falls on Sunday, 8 November 2026, and the full-day holiday follows on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Markets trade normally on Monday, 9 November 2026, and reopen on Wednesday, 11 November 2026. Because 10 November is a settlement holiday as well as a trading holiday, any trade executed on Monday, 9 November 2026 follows the T+1 rolling cycle into the next working day, so pay-in and pay-out timing shifts around the closed Tuesday.

Statutory Deadlines

Tax and GST deadlines do not observe stock-exchange holidays. The GST and income-tax portals run on their own statutory calendar, so a closed NSE on 10 November 2026 gives you no extra grace on any of the filings below. Treat the trading holiday and the compliance calendar as two separate clocks.

The sharpest overlap is on the holiday itself. Form GSTR-7, the return for tax deducted at source under GST, and Form GSTR-8, the e-commerce operator's tax-collected-at-source statement, are both due on the 10th of the month following the tax period, which means 10 November 2026 for the October 2026 period. The GST portal remains live that day, so deductors and e-commerce operators must file on time despite the market being shut.

The table below sets out the key filings clustered around the 10 November 2026 holiday, all under the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules and the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Looking slightly further out, the third advance-tax instalment for FY 2026-27 is due on 15 December 2026, by which point 75 per cent of your estimated annual liability must stand paid under Section 211 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (see incometax.gov.in). If a festive-season bonus, capital gain, or dividend lands in your October-December quarter, recompute now rather than in the second week of December 2026. Our advance tax glossary entry explains the four instalment dates and the 1 per cent per month interest under Sections 234B and 234C that applies to a shortfall.

On the deduction side, resident depositors who have filed Form 15G or Form 15H to stop TDS on interest should confirm the declaration is on record with every bank and issuer before the quarter closes on 31 December 2026; the deductor consolidates and uploads these declarations quarterly under Rule 31A. A declaration lapses each financial year, so one lodged in April 2026 still covers interest credited in November 2026, but a fresh form is needed from 1 April 2027.

Market Events

The headline market event is the absence of one: no Capital Market trading on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. NSE circular NSE/CMTR/71775 lists Diwali-Balipratipada as a full trading holiday for the equity segment, so the cash market, the index and stock derivatives segment, and the SLB segment observe the closure. Normal rolling settlement resumes on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.

The special Muhurat Trading session on Sunday, 8 November 2026 is the token ceremonial window that marks the start of the Hindu accounting year, Samvat 2083. It is a short, exchange-notified session rather than a full day of trade, and the exact one-hour slot is published by the exchange ahead of the date; traders should read the segment-wise timing circular before placing festive orders on 8 November 2026. We cover that session separately in our Muhurat Trading preview for 8 November 2026.

Banking and payments run on a different calendar again. The RBI's RTGS and NEFT systems operate on all days, including 10 November 2026, so a rupee transfer or SIP mandate debit scheduled for the holiday is not blocked by the market being shut (see rbi.org.in). Mutual fund cut-offs, however, follow AMFI and SEBI norms tied to business days; a purchase instruction given on the 10 November 2026 holiday takes the applicable Net Asset Value of the next business day, 11 November 2026. The settlement-holiday framework that governs these closures sits within SEBI's secondary-market regulations (see sebi.gov.in).

For anyone running a systematic plan, a one-day market closure changes nothing about the discipline of rupee-cost averaging. A mandate dated for 10 November 2026 simply allots units at the 11 November 2026 NAV. If you want to see how a single skipped or shifted instalment affects a long-run corpus, our SIP calculator and step-up SIP calculator let you model it against a chosen benchmark index return.

Earnings

No company results are confirmed in the editorial briefing for 10 November 2026, and with the Capital Market segment closed that day, any result declared would in any case draw its first trading reaction only on Wednesday, 11 November 2026. We do not publish speculative earnings calendars; where a board meeting date is not on the public exchange record, it does not appear here.

What investors can anchor to is the structural point: the July-September 2026 quarter (Q2 of FY 2026-27) reporting window runs through this stretch of the calendar, and listed companies file their results to the exchanges under SEBI's Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements. Because 10 November 2026 is a trading holiday, a company choosing to report that day would still file its outcome to the exchange, but price discovery waits for the 11 November 2026 session. For long-term holders using a lump-sum rather than a staggered entry, our lumpsum calculator helps frame an equity allocation decision in return terms rather than around a single session's volatility.

A practical reminder on capital gains, since festive-season selling is common: equity shares and equity mutual-fund units sold after a 12-month holding attract long-term capital gains tax at 12.5 per cent above the Rs 1.25 lakh annual exemption, while a holding of 12 months or less is taxed as short-term gain at 20 per cent, per the rates in force for FY 2026-27. Timing a sale around the 10 November 2026 holiday does not change the holding-period clock, which counts calendar days from the purchase date.

FAQ

Is the NSE open on 10 November 2026?

No. NSE circular NSE/CMTR/71775 lists Tuesday, 10 November 2026 as a Capital Market trading holiday for Diwali-Balipratipada. The cash and equity-derivatives segments are closed, and normal trading resumes on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.

When is Muhurat Trading in 2026?

The special Muhurat Trading session marking Laxmi Pujan is scheduled for Sunday, 8 November 2026. It is a short ceremonial session, not a full trading day, and the exchange publishes the exact one-hour window and segment timings in a separate circular before the date.

Can I still file GST returns on the 10 November 2026 holiday?

Yes. The GST portal is not affected by stock-exchange holidays. Form GSTR-7 and Form GSTR-8 for the October 2026 period remain due on 10 November 2026, and GSTR-1 for October 2026 is due on 11 November 2026. There is no automatic extension because the NSE is shut.

Will my SIP debit go through on 10 November 2026?

The bank-side debit can process because RBI's NEFT and RTGS systems operate on all days, including 10 November 2026. However, the mutual fund applies the next-business-day Net Asset Value of 11 November 2026 for a purchase instruction tied to the holiday, following AMFI and SEBI cut-off norms.

Does the trading holiday change my advance-tax deadline?

No. The third advance-tax instalment for FY 2026-27 is due on 15 December 2026 under Section 211 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, by which date 75 per cent of your estimated liability must be paid. The 10 November 2026 market holiday has no bearing on that income-tax deadline.

How does T+1 settlement work around the closed Tuesday?

A trade executed on Monday, 9 November 2026 would normally settle one business day later, but because 10 November 2026 is a settlement holiday, the pay-in and pay-out shift to the next working day, 11 November 2026. Factor this into any plan that needs sale proceeds to clear before a specific date.

Are banks closed on 10 November 2026?

Bank branch holidays follow state-specific Negotiable Instruments Act notifications rather than the NSE calendar, so branch working status varies by state for Diwali-Balipratipada. Digital transfers over NEFT and RTGS, however, run on all days including 10 November 2026, per RBI's operating schedule.