Equity, F&O, Nifty and Bank Nifty · Indian Standard Time
The timer counts down to the close of the current candle on the NSE grid: every interval is anchored to the 09:15 session open, which is why a 10-minute candle opens at 10:25 and not 10:20.
| Phase | Time (IST) | Candles? |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-open call auction | 09:00 – 09:08 | No continuous candles |
| Normal market | 09:15 – 15:30 | Yes — 375 one-minute candles |
| Closing session | 15:40 – 16:00 | No |
Equity and equity derivatives (Nifty, Bank Nifty, FinNifty, stock options) all follow the same 09:15–15:30 window, Monday to Friday, so one setting covers them.
| Interval | Opens at (IST) | Last candle of the day |
|---|---|---|
| 1m | 09:15, 09:16, 09:17 … | 15:29 – full |
| 3m | 09:15, 09:18, 09:21 … | 15:27 – full |
| 5m | 09:15, 09:20, 09:25 … | 15:25 – full |
| 10m | 09:15, 09:25, 09:35 … | 15:25 – 5 min short |
| 15m | 09:15, 09:30, 09:45 … | 15:15 – full |
| 30m | 09:15, 09:45, 10:15 … | 15:15 – 15 min short |
| 1H | 09:15, 10:15, 11:15 … | 15:15 – 15 min short |
375 minutes do not divide evenly by 10, 30 or 60, so the final candle of the session is cut short at 15:30 on those timeframes. If you scalp the close, that is the one to watch: it has less time to develop than every other candle on the chart.
A candle only becomes a signal when it closes — a breakout that reverses in the last twenty seconds never happened. Traders using close-based entries, or systems that read the previous candle's high and low, need to know exactly how long is left, especially on 15-minute and hourly charts where a glance at the clock is not enough.
Open the 5-minute NSE timer, or 15-minute. The setting is remembered on your device, and the timer also counts down to the market open before 09:15 and over the weekend.
Exchange holidays are not built in. On a trading holiday the countdown will still run towards 09:15, so check the official NSE holiday calendar. Weekends are handled — on a Saturday the timer shows the wait until Monday's open.
Open the NSE timer →