MCX Holidays 2026: Month-Wise List, Timings & When Evening Session Reopens
Is MCX open today? MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange) trades commodities like gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas across two sessions every trading day: a morning session from 9:00 AM and an evening session from 5:00 PM to 11:30 PM or 11:55 PM IST (the later close applies outside US daylight-saving months, roughly November to March).
Unlike NSE and BSE, MCX doesn't always shut fully on a holiday — some days it closes only the morning session and reopens for trading from 5:00 PM. That's the detail most holiday lists miss, and the one traders actually need.
MCX Holidays 2026 — Month by Month
| Month | What to expect |
|---|---|
| January | Republic Day (26 Jan) — full closure |
| March | Holi, Ram Navami — check evening reopen status |
| May | Regional holidays vary — several days close only the morning session |
| August | Independence Day (15 Aug) |
| October | Gandhi Jayanti (2 Oct): full closure. Dussehra (20 Oct): morning session closed, evening session reopens at 5:00 PM |
| November | Diwali/Muhurat trading — special Sunday session, evening timing usually differs |
(Exact dates shift with the lunar calendar and published MCX holiday lists. Verify before trading.)
MCX Session Timings
- Morning session: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM IST
- Evening session: 5:00 PM – 11:30 PM IST (US DST months, roughly March–November) or 5:00 PM – 11:55 PM IST (rest of the year)
- Agri and internationally-linked commodities can have slightly different evening close times — always check the specific contract.
Aaj MCX kitne baje khulega?
अगर आज कोई राष्ट्रीय छुट्टी नहीं है, तो MCX सुबह 9:00 बजे खुलता है। अगर सुबह का सत्र बंद है (जैसे कुछ त्योहारों पर), तो शाम 5:00 बजे evening session में फिर से खुल सकता है।
Why this matters for traders
A "closed" tag on a generic holiday list can mean either (a) MCX is shut all day, or (b) it reopens in the evening. Trading the wrong assumption on a partial-holiday day is an easy, avoidable mistake — especially around Diwali week and regional festivals, when MCX's calendar diverges most from NSE/BSE's.
For the full day-by-day 2026 calendar with the morning/evening split marked for every date, plus a live "is it open right now" status, see the maintained calendar at MCX Holidays 2026 — full list & live status on marketholidays.in.
Data cross-checked against published MCX holiday calendars. MCX's own notice is the final word; verify there before time-sensitive trades.
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