Forex Market Hours
See which Forex sessions are open, how long until each one opens or closes, and what those times are in your own time zone. The sessions are indicative windows, not live market data.
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How to Use the Clock
- Pick a time zone from the Time zone list. It starts with the zone your browser reports, and your choice is saved in this browser.
- Each card shows whether a session is open or closed, a countdown in hours, minutes and seconds to its next opening or closing, and the clock time of that change in the selected time zone.
- A banner appears when two or more sessions are open together, and while the weekend closure applies.
Session Windows
These are the fixed windows the clock uses, each in the city's own local time.
| Session | City time zone | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Australia/ | 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
| Tokyo | Asia/ | 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM |
| London | Europe/ | 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
| New York | America/ | 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
The table shows city-local time. The clock above converts the same moments into the time zone you select, so a session can open or close at a different clock time, or on a different day, for you.
Each session starts only on its own city's Monday to Friday. In the time zone you select, a session can run past midnight and continue into the following day.
Example: session times in Pakistan time (PKT)
Pakistan time (PKT) is UTC+5 and does not change during the year. When the UK and the US are both on standard time (winter), the windows in PKT are about: Sydney 2:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Tokyo 5:00 AM to 2:00 PM, London 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and New York 6:00 PM to 3:00 AM the next morning. London and New York overlap from about 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
When the UK and the US are both on summer time, London and New York each start an hour earlier in PKT (London 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM, New York 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM), and Sydney is on its standard time, so it runs 3:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The UK and the US change their clocks on different dates, so for a few weeks in spring and autumn, when only one of them is on summer time, the London and New York overlap can be an hour longer than usual. The clock above recalculates this for you.
Daylight Saving and Overlaps
Each session follows its own city's time zone, so its window moves with that city's daylight saving changes. Sydney, London and New York change their clocks on different dates, so the gap between sessions can shift by an hour for a few weeks each year. Tokyo does not use daylight saving.
When two or more sessions are open at the same time, for example London and New York, the clock shows an overlap banner that names them and counts down to the first one to close.
Weekend Closure and Limits
The clock treats the Forex market as closed from Friday 17:00 to Sunday 17:00 New York time. While that closure applies, every session shows as closed and the banner counts down to the reopening. A session that would normally open before the reopening starts at the reopening instead.
These are indicative windows. The clock does not check a broker, an exchange, a live market feed or a holiday calendar, so confirm the actual hours with your broker.