Market calendar

What can move markets — RBI & Fed rate decisions, jobs and inflation data, big results dates, and market holidays. Upcoming shows forecast vs previous; Past shows the actual number once it's released.

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🇮🇳 India forex reserves (weekly)
Week to 11 Sep 2026
$780.78B (-$4.92B)
🇮🇳 India PLFS monthly unemployment rate
Aug 2026
5.0% · est 5.1%
🇮🇳 SIAM India auto wholesales
Aug 2026
PV 4,39,309 (+36.5% YoY) · est +31.2% YoY
🇮🇳 India merchandise trade balance
Aug 2026
-$26.86B · est -$33.0B
🇮🇳 India CPI inflation
Aug 2026
4.82%
🇮🇳 India WPI wholesale inflation (August)
Aug 2026
9.92%

Monday, September 21

Today
IST
🇮🇳India core sector / infrastructure output· Aug 2026🌐 Macro
Forecast+5.4% YoY

Eight core industries make up ~40% of industrial output.

TradingEconomics India calendar (Ministry of Commerce)

Wednesday, September 23

In 2 days
10:30 AM IST
🇮🇳India HSBC flash PMI (manufacturing & services)· Sep 2026🌐 Macro
Forecast52.8 mfg / 54.1 svcs

Above 50 means business activity is still expanding.

TradingEconomics India calendar (HSBC/S&P Global)

Friday, September 25

In 4 days
Evening IST
🇮🇳India forex reserves (RBI weekly)· Week ended Sep 18🌐 Macro

Reserve cover shapes how much the RBI can defend the rupee.

RBI Weekly Statistical Supplement

Monday, September 28

In 7 days
4:00 PM IST
🇮🇳India IIP industrial production· Aug 2026🌐 Macro
Forecast6.7%Prev+6.7%

Monthly read on factory, mining and power output.

MOSPI Advance Release Calendar 2026-27

Wednesday, September 30

IST
🇮🇳India fiscal deficit· Apr-Aug FY27🌐 Macro
Forecast₹-5,700B

How much of the year's borrowing target the government has already used.

TradingEconomics India calendar (CGA)

Thursday, October 1

10:30 IST
🇮🇳India manufacturing PMI (S&P Global)· Sep 2026🌐 Macro
Prev52.8

Above 50 means factory activity is still expanding — a monthly pulse check on Indian industry.

S&P Global / HSBC India PMI
10:30 IST
🇮🇳India S&P Global Manufacturing PMI· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Above 50 means Indian factories are expanding. Released on the first business day.

S&P Global
🇮🇳India monthly GST collections· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Indirect-tax receipts are a fast proxy for consumption and formal economic activity. Customary first-of-month release.

Ministry of Finance / PIB
🇮🇳India monthly auto sales (OEM dispatches)· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Maruti, Tata Motors, M&M, Bajaj and Hero report monthly volumes — the festive-season read on consumer demand.

SIAM and company filings

Friday, October 2

All day
🇮🇳NSE/BSE closed - Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti🔒 Market holiday

Indian equity markets are shut for the full day.

NSE trading holiday circular CMTR71775

Monday, October 5

10:30 AM IST
🇮🇳India S&P Global Services PMI· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Services are the bulk of India's GDP — this is the sector's monthly pulse.

S&P Global / TradingEconomics

Wednesday, October 7

10:00 IST
🇮🇳RBI MPC repo rate decision· Oct 2026 policy🏦 Rate decision
Forecast5.25%Prev5.25%

Sets the repo rate, which drives loan EMIs and bank margins.

RBI — MPC meeting calendar FY2026-27

Friday, October 9

Evening IST
🇮🇳India forex reserves (RBI weekly)· Week ended Oct 2🌐 Macro

Reserve cover shapes how much the RBI can defend the rupee.

RBI Weekly Statistical Supplement

Monday, October 12

4:00 PM IST
🇮🇳India CPI retail inflation· Sep 2026📈 Inflation
Forecast4.82%Prev4.82%

The inflation print the RBI weighs most when setting the repo rate.

MOSPI Advance Release Calendar 2026-27
Result day
🇮🇳HCL Technologies Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results
BSE (board meeting intimation)

Wednesday, October 14

12:00 noon IST
🇮🇳India WPI wholesale inflation· Sep 2026📈 Inflation
Prev9.92%

Tracks factory-gate and fuel costs that later feed into retail prices.

Office of the Economic Adviser — WPI Advance Release Calendar

Friday, October 16

Evening IST
🇮🇳India forex reserves (RBI weekly)· Week ended Oct 9🌐 Macro

Reserve cover shapes how much the RBI can defend the rupee.

RBI Weekly Statistical Supplement

Saturday, October 17

Result day
🇮🇳Axis Bank Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results
BSE (board meeting intimation)

Tuesday, October 20

All day
🇮🇳NSE/BSE closed - Dussehra🔒 Market holiday

Indian equity markets are shut for the full day.

NSE trading holiday circular CMTR71775

Wednesday, October 21

5:00 PM IST
🇮🇳RBI MPC minutes (October meeting)· Oct 5-7 2026 meeting🏦 Rate decision

Shows how each MPC member voted and what worried them.

RBI (statutory 14-day rule; date not separately published)
All day
🇮🇳India Index of Eight Core Industries· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Output of coal, steel, cement, refinery and other core sectors — about 40% of the IIP.

Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT

Friday, October 23

Result day
🇮🇳Infosys Q2 FY27 results💵 Results

Board meeting confirmed with the exchange; Infosys guidance is the bellwether for the whole Indian IT sector.

BSE corporate filing
After market, IST
🇮🇳Infosys Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results

India's second-largest IT exporter; its revenue guidance sets the tone for the whole IT index.

BSE board meeting intimation (Infosys Ltd, scrip 500209)
Result day
🇮🇳Coforge Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results

Board meets to approve quarterly results - a read on Indian IT services demand.

BSE board meeting intimation (9 Sep 2026)
Result day
🇮🇳Shree Cement Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results
BSE (board meeting intimation)
Result day
🇮🇳Tata Motors Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results
BSE (board meeting intimation)
17:00 IST
🇮🇳India forex reserves (RBI weekly)🌐 Macro

Weekly change in RBI's reserve stock — a read on rupee defence and capital flows.

Reserve Bank of India

Wednesday, October 28

17:30 IST
🇮🇳India IIP industrial production· Sep 2026🌐 Macro

Monthly factory-output growth - a check on how the industrial cycle is holding up.

MoSPI / NSO

Friday, October 30

17:00 IST
🇮🇳India forex reserves (weekly)🌐 Macro

Weekly change in RBI reserves - a clue to how hard it is defending the rupee.

Reserve Bank of India weekly statistical supplement
Evening IST
🇮🇳India monthly fiscal deficit· Apr-Sep FY27🌐 Macro

Tracks the government's borrowing against its full-year target - matters for bond yields.

Controller General of Accounts

Thursday, November 5

Result day
🇮🇳Mphasis Q2 FY27 results· Q2 FY27💵 Results
BSE (board meeting intimation)

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