As Diwali 2025 lights up homes and trading screens, investors prepare for the annual Muhurat Trading session — a one-hour symbolic window that blends prosperity, faith and finance. Scheduled this year for October 21 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., the session marks the start of the new Samvat year and is often treated as an auspicious moment to place the first trade under Goddess Lakshmi’s blessings. Advertisement

Market dynamics entering this Muhurat session are mixed. After a volatile Samvat 2081 that saw the Nifty gain 6.2% and the Midcap index 4.3%, high valuations, uneven earnings and global trade tensions have kept volatility firmly in play. Yet domestic buying has remained resilient. Sandeep Rao, a SEBI-registered research analyst, in a recent podcast on YoutTube said this year’s Muh

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