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The universal phenomenon of the periodic marketing was distributed by transformation of the economy and rapid growth of urbanisation, and was replaced by permanent shops or markets in developed countries as well as in many parts of the developing world. A rural periodic market is the centre of the village, on which the social, economic and cultural activities of several villages depend. These markets are held periodically on same specific day or days of the week at same fixed locations and thus provide different goods and services to the rural masses. The variation of periodicity is a common feature of a rural periodic market. In Dakshin Dinajpur district, the periodic markets are organised either once, twice or trice in a week. These bi-weekly and tri-weekly markets lead to increase the market meeting day in a week. A Chi-square test is conducted to prove that the bi-weekly and tri-weekly markets lead to increase the market meeting for each day in a week above the expected meetings. The periodic markets are linked in space and time. This space-time relationship is called as spatio-temporal synchronisation. It is one of the important themes to explain the nature of periodic markets. A well-integrated marketing system should follow the most useful path 'Proximity in space implies separation in time' which derived by Fagerlund and Smith. This study is concerned with the periodicity and spatio-temporal character as well as their future prospects.