NYSE and Nasdaq Trading Hours in Indian Time (IST)

NYSE and Nasdaq hours in IST at a glance

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq share the same regular trading hours: 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM US Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. India does not observe daylight saving time, so the IST equivalent depends only on whether the US is on standard time (EST, UTC-5) or daylight time (EDT, UTC-4).

In practice that means the opening bell rings at 8:00 PM IST in winter and 7:00 PM IST in summer, and the closing bell rings in the early hours of the next calendar day in India. A session that starts on Monday evening in Mumbai ends on Tuesday morning. A Friday session ends on a Saturday in IST, which surprises people who try to match a "Friday close" against an Indian calendar.

You can check any specific moment on the EST to IST converter or its reverse, IST to EST. The EST time now page shows New York time live, which is useful when you are not sure which side of a clock change you are on.

Pre-market and after-hours sessions in IST

The regular session is only part of the trading day. Both exchanges also run extended sessions through electronic trading, and a large share of earnings reactions happens there, because many US companies report after the close or before the open.

• Pre-market: from 4:00 AM ET until the 9:30 AM open. In IST that is 2:30 PM to 8:00 PM in winter and 1:30 PM to 7:00 PM in summer. The pre-market overlaps with the final hour of Indian trading, since the NSE and BSE close at 3:30 PM IST.
• After-hours: from 4:00 PM ET until 8:00 PM ET. In IST that is 2:30 AM to 6:30 AM in winter and 1:30 AM to 5:30 AM in summer, so after-hours trading in India effectively covers the overnight and early morning.

Extended hours are thinner than the regular session. Fewer participants means wider bid-ask spreads and larger price swings on little volume, and many brokers restrict order types (usually limit orders only) outside 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET. Whether an Indian investor can trade in these sessions at all depends on the broker or platform used, so check the platform's own hours rather than relying on the exchange's schedule alone.

A 24-hour view from India

Seen from an Indian clock in winter, the US market day looks like this: pre-market begins mid-afternoon (2:30 PM), the Indian cash market closes at 3:30 PM, US trading proper starts in the evening (8:00 PM), the US close is at 2:30 AM, and after-hours trading finishes at 6:30 AM, just before Indian pre-open begins at 9:00 AM. In summer all US times move one hour earlier on the Indian clock.

The two dates when the gap changes

India's clock never changes, so every shift in the US session on an Indian clock comes from the US moving its own clocks. The United States moves its clocks on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November. In this period the relevant dates are:

The US moved to daylight time on Sunday, March 8, 2026. It moves back to standard time on Sunday, November 1, 2026, and forward again on Sunday, March 14, 2027. After each date the opening bell in IST moves by one hour. The practical result: if you have an alarm set for a 7:00 PM IST open, you will need to move it to 8:00 PM the first trading day after November 1, and back again on Monday, March 15, 2027.

A note for anyone watching London too

Europe changes its clocks on different dates from the US, on March 29 and October 25 in 2026, so for about three weeks in spring and one week in autumn the London-New York gap is four hours instead of five. India versus the US is unaffected, since only the US side moves. Opening times for London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other exchanges are covered in our stock market hours worldwide guide; this page deals only with the US session.

US market holidays 2026-27 and what they mean in IST

NYSE and Nasdaq are closed on the following US market holidays between now and the end of the 2027 summer. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, markets close on the preceding Friday; when it falls on a Sunday, they close on the following Monday.

For an Indian trader the effect is felt on the evening of the holiday itself. On Thursday, November 26, 2026 (Thanksgiving) there is no US session that evening, so the next regular open is the evening of Friday, November 27, and that session is shortened.

Early closes

On a few days each year the US cash session ends at 1:00 PM ET instead of 4:00 PM.

On these days the Indian clock shows a session ending at 11:30 PM instead of 2:30 AM, which is easy to miss if you are used to staying up for the full close. The exchanges publish early-close dates a year or more ahead, so check the 2027 list when it is out. Always confirm against the official NYSE and Nasdaq calendars before planning a trade, because holiday rules and early-close days are occasionally adjusted.

India's own holidays

The US market does not stop for Indian holidays. When NSE and BSE are closed for Republic Day or Independence Day, US sessions run as normal that evening. The reverse is also true: Indian markets trade through US holidays, so on days like Thanksgiving or July 4 observed, the only market giving global signals that day is the Asian and European session.

Practical notes for trading US stocks from India

This is not investment advice. It is a scheduling guide, and a few scheduling facts matter more than people expect.

Plan around the date, not just the hour

Because the session crosses midnight IST, a trade placed at 1:00 AM on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 (IST) belongs to the US trading day of Monday, November 9. Statements, tax records and corporate-action dates are in US dates, so use the US date when reconciling trades. Settlement is also on US business days: the US moved to T+1 settlement in May 2024, which means a trade made on Monday evening in India settles on the US Tuesday.

Expect Monday and Friday asymmetry

Friday's US close lands in the early hours of Saturday in India, and there is then a gap until Monday's 8:00 PM or 7:00 PM IST open. News that breaks over the weekend is priced on Monday's open, which on an Indian clock is Monday evening. For positions held across a weekend, that means roughly 65 hours without a US session.

Overlap with Indian trading

There is no overlap between the US regular session and the Indian cash session, which runs 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM IST. The only live link is the US pre-market, which overlaps the final hour or so of Indian trading. Indian equity markets therefore tend to reflect the previous US session at their next open, and the GIFT Nifty futures contract trades through much of the US session to bridge that gap.

Check your broker's cut-offs

Brokers and fund platforms that offer US stocks to Indian customers often have their own order windows, funding cut-offs and remittance timings under India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme. These are set by the broker and change often. The exchange hours above are the earliest and latest the market itself allows; your platform may be narrower.

Quick reference conversions

These are the common reference points. The second column applies while the US is on standard time and the third while it is on daylight time.

For a live reading, use the US time now page, which shows every US time zone and tells you instantly whether the market is open or closed.

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