Muhurat trading strategy for 2025: ICICI Bank, L&T among four stocks to buy on Samvat 2082

The Indian stock market is holding a special trading session on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 to celebrate the occasion of Diwali. Known as the Muhurat trading session, this annual ritual is considered highly auspicious by market participants. On this day, investors engage in trading to celebrate the start of the new Hindu calendar year, or Samvat, with the belief that buying stocks during this period brings prosperity. Muhurat trading is a one-hour token session conducted by the Indian stock exchanges. This year, both the BSE and NSE will mark the start of Samvat 2082 with Muhurat trading scheduled between 1:45 PM and 2:45 PM. Analysts recommend investors to buy stocks with strong fundamentals for long-term investment perspective during this Muhurat trading session. “On this auspicious day of trading, one should choose long-term names that stand in for India’s growth names. The coming year will put India in the direction of self-reliance, regardless of the outcomes on US tariffs. Indian markets have already shown its ability to withstand external shocks, be it tariffs, wars, or even temporary earnings slowdown,” says Palak Shah – Institutional Salce Capital Sales, President of Salce Capital. He noted that India’s GDP growth is one of the best in the world and that listed companies are diversified enough to capture this growth in terms of earnings, unlike other developed names where the main focus is AI capital. Muhurat Trading Session 2025 Details On the domestic front, the combination of the Reserve Bank of India’s repo rate cut, GST rate cuts and personal income tax relief is expected to give a significant boost to consumption. These measures are likely to drive a revival in corporate earnings, with growth expected to return to low double digits from the December 2025 quarter and accelerate further through FY27 and FY28. Shah recommended four ‘quality’ stocks to buy on Muhurat trading session. Here are the stock picks: Stocks to buy on Muhurat Trading Session 2025 > Kotak Mahindra Bank > ICICI bank > Larsen & Toubro > Britannia Industries Disclaimer: The views and recommendations made above are those of individual analysts or brokerage firms, and not of Mint. We advise investors to check with certified experts before making any investment decisions.