Zerodha Bulletin, Pulse and the trading-holiday calendar
Zerodha Bulletin, Pulse, and the trading-holiday calendar are three distinct channels Zerodha runs to keep clients informed: Bulletin (zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/) is the operational notice board for circulars, market holidays and trading updates; Pulse (pulse.zerodha.com) is a free, ad-free aggregator of financial news from major Indian sources; and the holiday calendar (zerodha.com/marketintel/holiday-calendar/) lists the NSE and BSE trading off-days for the year, around 14 to 15 weekday closures in 2026 plus a special Muhurat session on 8 November 2026.
These three are easy to confuse because all three “keep you updated”, but they answer different questions. Bulletin tells you what has changed in how your account or the exchanges operate. Pulse tells you what is happening in the markets and the economy. The holiday calendar tells you which days the market is shut so you can plan funds, settlement, and orders around them. This article sets out what each is, where to find it, how it is used, and the structure of the 2026 trading-holiday calendar that every Zerodha client trades against.
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Zerodha Bulletin: the operational notice board
Bulletin is where Zerodha posts what changes. It lives at zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/ and carries circulars, market-holiday notices, and operational trading updates: the practical, account-affecting notices a client needs to see. When a settlement-cycle rule shifts, when a segment has a special timing, when the exchanges declare a holiday, or when Zerodha changes an operational process, Bulletin is the canonical channel.
Bulletin also runs as a periodic newsletter that summarises these notices, so a client who does not check the page daily still receives the operational updates in digest form. The point of Bulletin is filtering: an exchange publishes a high volume of circulars, most of which do not affect a retail client, and Bulletin surfaces the ones that do. It is the first place to look when something about trading or the account has changed and you want the authoritative word rather than a forum rumour.
Pulse: the financial news aggregator
Pulse is a different job entirely. It is a free, ad-free news aggregator at pulse.zerodha.com, also published as an app on the Google Play store and the Apple App Store. Pulse collects financial and market news from major Indian sources and presents them in a single chronological feed, with no paywall and no advertising. It does not generate its own reporting; it gathers headlines from across the Indian financial press so a reader can scan the day’s market and business news in one place.
The distinction from Bulletin is the source and the intent. Bulletin is Zerodha’s own operational voice, telling you what affects your trading. Pulse is a window onto third-party news, telling you what is happening in the wider market. A client reading Pulse is staying abreast of company results, policy moves, and market commentary; a client reading Bulletin is checking whether a rule or a holiday changes their next trade. Both are free; neither replaces the other.
The trading-holiday calendar
The holiday calendar answers the most operationally important question of the three: on which days is the market closed. Zerodha mirrors the exchanges, so trading is shut across all segments, equity, futures and options, currency, and commodity, on declared exchange holidays. The dedicated calendar sits at zerodha.com/marketintel/holiday-calendar/, and the broker also surfaces the list through Console and the support pages. The full webnotes treatment of the year’s list is at Zerodha holiday list 2026 .
NSE and BSE publish the year’s trading-holiday calendar in early December of the prior year, so the 2026 calendar was published in December 2025. MCX publishes a separate commodity-segment calendar that adds a few off-days relevant only to commodity traders, which is why a commodity position can settle on a day the equity segment is shut, or the reverse. The interplay of holidays and settlement is the subject of settlement-holiday impact on trades , which matters because a holiday inside the settlement window stretches the effective time to receive funds or securities.
The 2026 calendar at a glance
The Indian trading calendar runs to roughly 14 to 15 full weekday closures for NSE and BSE equity trading in 2026, with the exact count depending on whether festivals falling on a weekend are counted. The confirmed weekday closures noted by the exchanges include 28 May 2026 for Bakri Id, 26 June 2026 for Muharram, and 14 September 2026 for Ganesh Chaturthi, alongside the fixed national holidays of Republic Day on 26 January and Independence Day on 15 August. The table below is illustrative; trade against the authoritative NSE and BSE notifications, not against any summary.
| Month | Representative holiday |
|---|---|
| January | Republic Day, 26 January |
| February | Mahashivratri |
| March | Holi |
| April | Good Friday; Ambedkar Jayanti, 14 April; Eid-ul-Fitr |
| May | Maharashtra Day, 1 May; Bakri Id, 28 May |
| June | Muharram, 26 June |
| August | Independence Day, 15 August |
| September | Ganesh Chaturthi, 14 September |
| October | Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October; Dussehra; Diwali |
| November | Diwali Balipratipada; Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| December | Christmas, 25 December |
Muhurat trading in 2026
Diwali Laxmi Pujan falls on 8 November 2026, a Sunday. Even though markets are ordinarily closed on a Sunday, NSE and BSE will conduct a special one-hour Muhurat trading session that evening, a ceremonially auspicious window for a symbolic first trade of the new Samvat year. The exact timings are notified by the exchanges through a later circular, so the session time is confirmed closer to the date. The dedicated page is Zerodha Muhurat trading 2026 .
Event alerts inside Kite
Beyond these three external channels, Zerodha surfaces company-specific reminders inside the trading platform itself. Kite displays an event alert on your marketwatch and holdings page when a company you hold or track schedules a corporate event, such as an annual general meeting, a corporate-action record date, or a results announcement. This puts the reminder where you are already looking, so a client does not have to monitor every company’s calendar separately. It complements Bulletin (broad operational notices) and Pulse (general news) by flagging the events tied specifically to your own holdings.
Which channel to use when
The three channels map cleanly onto three questions. If you want to know whether a rule, a timing, or a holiday affecting your trading has changed, read Bulletin, the authoritative operational source. If you want to follow company results, policy, and market commentary, read Pulse. If you want to know which days the market is shut and to plan funds, settlement, and order timing around them, read the holiday calendar. For events tied to the specific companies you hold, watch the alerts inside Kite. None of the four overlaps enough to replace another, which is why Zerodha keeps them as separate, focused surfaces rather than one undifferentiated feed, the same modular logic behind why Zerodha runs separate apps .
See also
- Zerodha
- Zerodha holiday list 2026
- Zerodha Muhurat trading 2026
- Settlement-holiday impact on trades
- Why Zerodha runs separate apps
- Kite by Zerodha
- Zerodha Console
- Zerodha Coin
- Zerodha Varsity
- Varsity mobile
- Kite nudges
- MCX
- Bombay Stock Exchange
- National Stock Exchange
- Pre-open session orders on Zerodha
- Post-market session on Zerodha
- After-market orders on Zerodha
- How to handle corporate actions on Zerodha
- How to participate in a bonus issue on Zerodha
- How to tender shares in a buyback on Zerodha
- Zerodha policies and procedures
- Zerodha investor charter
- Is Zerodha safe
- Zerodha official social media handles
- Zerodha client password and credential policy
External references
- Zerodha Bulletin
- Pulse by Zerodha
- Zerodha holiday calendar
- Zerodha support: How to stay updated on circulars, market holidays and general updates
- NSE India: market timings and holidays
- BSE India: holidays
References
- Zerodha support, How to stay updated on circulars, market holidays and general updates (Bulletin for circulars/holidays/operational updates; Pulse for business and market news; Kite event alerts on marketwatch and holdings) (as of 20 June 2026).
- Zerodha, Bulletin (zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/) and Pulse (pulse.zerodha.com) product pages (as of 20 June 2026).
- NSE and BSE trading-holiday calendars for 2026, published December 2025 (equity-segment closures; Diwali Laxmi Pujan and Muhurat trading on 8 November 2026, timings to be notified by later circular).
- MCX trading-holiday calendar for 2026 (separate commodity-segment off-days).
WebNotes Editorial Team prepares factual reference articles based on publicly available exchange notifications and broker disclosures. WebNotes is not affiliated with Zerodha Broking Limited. Holiday dates and session timings are subject to exchange notification and change; verify against the official NSE and BSE calendars before trading.