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Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. Your browser checks each one now.

Read 18 Oct 2026 · our convention, judged · Link to this fact

By Alexander Burnett (editor) Last updated 18 October 2026

How we got this

How: Forex has no official sessions, so each one is a centre's 08:00–17:00 local business day (our convention); every local time is worked out from each zone's own daylight-saving rules, never a typed offset. How we check How we make money Corrections

Forex trades around the clock from Monday morning in Sydney to Friday evening in New York. Its four "sessions" are each centre's 8am–5pm business day: a convention, not a rule judged.

Which forex sessions are open now

Each bar is one session today, in your time. The line is now.

Times in

Times below are in IST for Monday 16 November 2026. Your browser shows which sessions are open now.

Sydneyopens the week

02:30–11:30

TokyoAsian session

04:30–13:30

Londonbusiest centre

13:30–22:30

New Yorkcloses the week

18:30–03:30

OverlapLondon + New York

18:30–22:30

4hLondon–New York overlap18:30–22:30 IST

Mon 02:30Week opensIST · Sydney 8am Monday

Sat 03:30Week closesIST · New York 5pm Friday

14 Mar

US clocks go forward 1 hournext clock change

On each centre's 08:00–17:00 business day, the London and New York forex sessions overlap 13:00–17:00 UTC (4 hours) until 12 March 2027, according to TradingLookup's Market Clock (October 2026).

Forex session times by country

Pick your country for its four sessions, the overlap and when the week opens. Columns split where a clock change moves the times.

India IST
Pakistan PKT
Nigeria WAT
UK GMT/BST
US ET
South Africa SAST
Saudi Arabia AST
Kenya EAT
Philippines PHT
UAE GST
Bangladesh Dhaka time

Forex session times in India (IST)

London 13:30–22:30New York 18:30–03:30⁺¹IST

Forex sessions in IST, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	02:30–11:30	02:30–11:30	02:30–11:30
Tokyo	04:30–13:30	04:30–13:30	04:30–13:30
London	13:30–22:30	13:30–22:30	12:30–21:30
New York	18:30–03:30⁺¹	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–02:30⁺¹
Overlap	18:30–22:30	17:30–22:30	17:30–21:30

Week opens Mon 02:30closes Sat 03:30

Full page: London and New York session time in India (IST)

The RBI's Alert List (Updated as on November 19, 2025) names entities neither authorised to deal in forex under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) nor authorised to operate electronic trading platform (ETP) for forex transactions. These hours describe the global market, not what Indian rules allow.

Forex market opening time in Pakistan (PKT)

London 13:00–22:00New York 18:00–03:00⁺¹PKT

Forex sessions in PKT, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00
Tokyo	04:00–13:00	04:00–13:00	04:00–13:00
London	13:00–22:00	13:00–22:00	12:00–21:00
New York	18:00–03:00⁺¹	17:00–02:00⁺¹	17:00–02:00⁺¹
Overlap	18:00–22:00	17:00–22:00	17:00–21:00

Week opens Mon 02:00closes Sat 03:00

Full page: Forex market opening time in Pakistan: sessions in PKT

Forex session times in Nigeria (WAT)

London 09:00–18:00New York 14:00–23:00WAT

Forex sessions in WAT, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	22:00⁻¹–07:00	22:00⁻¹–07:00	22:00⁻¹–07:00
Tokyo	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00
London	09:00–18:00	09:00–18:00	08:00–17:00
New York	14:00–23:00	13:00–22:00	13:00–22:00
Overlap	14:00–18:00	13:00–18:00	13:00–17:00

Week opens Sun 22:00closes Fri 23:00

Full page: Trading sessions in Nigeria time: London and New York (WAT)

Forex market hours in the UK (GMT and BST)

London 08:00–17:00New York 13:00–22:00GMT/BST

Forex sessions in UK time, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	21:00⁻¹–06:00	21:00⁻¹–06:00	22:00⁻¹–07:00
Tokyo	23:00⁻¹–08:00	23:00⁻¹–08:00	00:00–09:00
London	08:00–17:00	08:00–17:00	08:00–17:00
New York	13:00–22:00	12:00–21:00	13:00–22:00
Overlap	13:00–17:00	12:00–17:00	13:00–17:00

Week opens Sun 21:00closes Fri 22:00

Forex market hours in US Eastern Time (ET)

London 03:00–12:00New York 08:00–17:00ET

Forex sessions in ET, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	16:00⁻¹–01:00	17:00⁻¹–02:00	17:00⁻¹–02:00
Tokyo	18:00⁻¹–03:00	19:00⁻¹–04:00	19:00⁻¹–04:00
London	03:00–12:00	04:00–13:00	03:00–12:00
New York	08:00–17:00	08:00–17:00	08:00–17:00
Overlap	08:00–12:00	08:00–13:00	08:00–12:00

Week opens Sun 16:00closes Fri 17:00

Forex session times in South Africa (SAST)

London 10:00–19:00New York 15:00–00:00⁺¹SAST

Forex sessions in SAST, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	23:00⁻¹–08:00	23:00⁻¹–08:00	23:00⁻¹–08:00
Tokyo	01:00–10:00	01:00–10:00	01:00–10:00
London	10:00–19:00	10:00–19:00	09:00–18:00
New York	15:00–00:00⁺¹	14:00–23:00	14:00–23:00
Overlap	15:00–19:00	14:00–19:00	14:00–18:00

Week opens Sun 23:00closes Sat 00:00

Full page: London and New York session time in South Africa (SAST)

Forex session times in Saudi Arabia (AST)

London 11:00–20:00New York 16:00–01:00⁺¹AST

Forex sessions in AST, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00
Tokyo	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00
London	11:00–20:00	11:00–20:00	10:00–19:00
New York	16:00–01:00⁺¹	15:00–00:00⁺¹	15:00–00:00⁺¹
Overlap	16:00–20:00	15:00–20:00	15:00–19:00

Week opens Mon 00:00closes Sat 01:00

Forex session times in Kenya (EAT)

London 11:00–20:00New York 16:00–01:00⁺¹EAT

Forex sessions in EAT, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00	00:00–09:00
Tokyo	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00	02:00–11:00
London	11:00–20:00	11:00–20:00	10:00–19:00
New York	16:00–01:00⁺¹	15:00–00:00⁺¹	15:00–00:00⁺¹
Overlap	16:00–20:00	15:00–20:00	15:00–19:00

Week opens Mon 00:00closes Sat 01:00

Forex session times in Philippines (PHT)

London 16:00–01:00New York 21:00–06:00⁺¹PHT

Forex sessions in PHT, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	05:00–14:00	05:00–14:00	05:00–14:00
Tokyo	07:00–16:00	07:00–16:00	07:00–16:00
London	16:00–01:00⁺¹	16:00–01:00⁺¹	15:00–00:00⁺¹
New York	21:00–06:00⁺¹	20:00–05:00⁺¹	20:00–05:00⁺¹
Overlap	21:00–01:00	20:00–01:00	20:00–00:00

Week opens Mon 05:00closes Sat 06:00

Forex session times in UAE (GST)

London 12:00–21:00New York 17:00–02:00⁺¹GST

Forex sessions in GST, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	01:00–10:00	01:00–10:00	01:00–10:00
Tokyo	03:00–12:00	03:00–12:00	03:00–12:00
London	12:00–21:00	12:00–21:00	11:00–20:00
New York	17:00–02:00⁺¹	16:00–01:00⁺¹	16:00–01:00⁺¹
Overlap	17:00–21:00	16:00–21:00	16:00–20:00

Week opens Mon 01:00closes Sat 02:00

Forex session times in Bangladesh (Dhaka time)

London 14:00–23:00New York 19:00–04:00⁺¹Dhaka time

Forex sessions in Dhaka time, To 12 Mar, 15 Mar–26 Mar, From 29 Mar. −1 = starts the day before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	To 12 Mar	15 Mar–26 Mar	From 29 Mar
Sydney	03:00–12:00	03:00–12:00	03:00–12:00
Tokyo	05:00–14:00	05:00–14:00	05:00–14:00
London	14:00–23:00	14:00–23:00	13:00–22:00
New York	19:00–04:00⁺¹	18:00–03:00⁺¹	18:00–03:00⁺¹
Overlap	19:00–23:00	18:00–23:00	18:00–22:00

Week opens Mon 03:00closes Sat 04:00

When does the forex market open?

Monday morning in Sydney On our convention the week opens at Sydney's 8am Monday: Sunday evening or the small hours of Monday further west (each country's time is on its card above).
Friday evening in New York It closes at New York's 5pm Friday: Friday night or early Saturday in Asia.
Your broker sets the real times Spot forex trades over the counter, so there's no single official open; check your broker's or prop firm's platform judged.

CME Globex FX futures hours: not shown yet. When our script last tried CME's page (11 November 2026), its robots.txt couldn't be read, so our script treated the page as off-limits, and we don't type hours in from memory.

Clock changes that move the sessions

14 MarSun 2027 US clocks go forward 1 hourThe New York session starts an hour earlier wherever clocks don't change.
28 MarSun 2027 UK clocks go forward 1 hourThe London session starts an hour earlier wherever clocks don't change.
4 AprSun 2027 Sydney clocks go back 1 hourThe Sydney session starts an hour later wherever clocks don't change.
3 OctSun 2027 Sydney clocks go forward 1 hourThe Sydney session starts an hour earlier wherever clocks don't change.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, the Philippines, the UAE, Bangladesh and Japan don't change their clocks, so only the centres' changes move the times there. While the UK and the US change on different Sundays, the London–New York overlap runs 5 hours instead of 4 hours (Mon 15 Mar to Fri 26 Mar).

Best time to trade forex: overlaps and releases

The clock can tell you two things: when centres overlap, and when scheduled releases land. The London–New York overlap is often called the busiest window judged: we don't measure volume.

7 hoursSydney + Tokyo overlap23:00–06:00 UTC · our arithmetic

NoneTokyo + London overlapno overlap · our arithmetic

4 hoursLondon + New York overlap13:00–17:00 UTC · our arithmetic

Next high-impact releases, in UTC

US retail salesTue 17 Nov, 13:30 LondonNew York
UK CPIWed 18 Nov, 07:00 Tokyo
US GDPWed 25 Nov, 13:30 LondonNew York
US PCEWed 25 Nov, 13:30 LondonNew York

Every release in your time: economic calendar. Prop firms that limit news trading: prop firm news rules. Not trading advice: the hours say when centres are open, not when to trade.

Source and method

Sessions: our conventionEach centre's 08:00–17:00 local business day, Monday to Friday, the same convention as on our other market-hours pages. No exchange or regulator sets forex sessions.
Time-zone rulesThe IANA time zone database (version 2026e at build), through the JavaScript Intl API, for the tables; your browser's own copy for the live times.
CME Globex trading hours (FX)cmegroup.com, tried 11 November 2026: not read, so no CME hours on this page

Stock exchanges, open or closed now: Is the market open? US stocks in your time: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, UAE, Saudi Arabia, UK.

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