You can place bids for government securities during specific windows that vary by security type. Each security follows a set weekly schedule with designated opening and closing times.
Bids for various securities follow specific timelines:
- SDLs (State Development Loans): The bidding window opens on Monday and closes on the same day.
- T-bills (Treasury Bills): The bidding window opens on Monday and closes on Tuesday.
- Government Bonds (Gsec): The bidding window opens on Tuesday and closes on Thursday.
- Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs): The bidding window to apply for fresh SGBs will be visible once the issue is open and closes on the final day of the subscription period.
The bidding is open on the following days:
| Type of security | Duration |
| SDL | Opens by 10:00 AM on Monday and closes by 6:00 PM on Monday |
| T-bill | Opens by 10:00 AM on Monday and closes by 6:00 PM on Tuesday |
| Government bond | Opens by 12:00 PM on Tuesday and closes by 8:00 PM on Thursday |
| SGBs | Opens by 6:00 AM on Monday and closes by 3:30 PM on Friday. |
| Sovereign Green Bond | Opens by 12:00 PM on Tuesday and closes by 6:00 PM on Thursday |
The above-mentioned durations may change, subject to exchange timings and trading holidays.
To view the upcoming schedules for SDL, T-bills and G-secs, see Where can the SDL, T-bills and G-secs schedule be viewed?
Did you know? If the auction settlement day falls on a holiday, the cut-off time will be moved to the previous trading day.