London and New York forex session times in India (IST)

What is the London session forex time in India?

1:30pm–10:30pmIST

New York: 6:30pm–3:30am IST until 26 March.

Read 23 Oct 2026 · our convention, judged · Link to this fact

By Alexander Burnett (editor) Last updated 23 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); the IST times are worked out from each country's own clock-change rules, never a typed offset. How we check How we make money Corrections

Forex session times in India: the London session runs 1:30pm–10:30pm IST and the New York session 6:30pm–3:30am IST (after midnight) until 26 March. The forex week opens at 2:30am IST on Monday.

Times are in IST (India Standard Time). Your browser shows which sessions are open now.

Which forex sessions are open now in India

Forex sessions in IST for 16 November 2026 to 12 March 2027. −1 = starts the evening before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Session	IST	Now
Sydney	02:30–11:30	Mon–Fri
Tokyo	04:30–13:30	Mon–Fri
London	13:30–22:30	Mon–Fri
New York	18:30–03:30⁺¹	Mon–Fri
London–New York overlap	18:30–22:30	Mon–Fri

On each centre's 08:00–17:00 business day, the London forex session runs 13:30–22:30 IST in India until 26 March 2027 and overlaps New York 18:30–22:30 IST (4 hours), according to TradingLookup's Market Clock (October 2026).

London session forex time in India

London's 8am–5pm business day is 1:30pm–10:30pm IST until Friday 26 March 2027, then 12:30pm–9:30pm IST from Monday 29 March 2027. The UK changes its clocks; India doesn't.

Monday to Friday, the NSE's session (09:15–15:30 IST) runs during the London session for 2 hours a day (13:30–15:30).

New York session time in India

New York's 8am–5pm business day is 6:30pm–3:30am IST (after midnight) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 5:30pm–2:30am IST from Monday 15 March 2027.

London and New York are both open 18:30–22:30 IST (4 hours) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 17:30–22:30 (5 hours) from Monday 15 March 2027. That overlap is often called the busiest window judged: we don't measure volume.

The NSE has closed before the New York session opens, on every trading day.

Forex market opening time in India

Week opens: Monday 2:30am ISTSydney's 8am Monday, on our convention. From Monday 5 April 2027: Monday 3:30am, after Sydney's clock change.
Week closes: Saturday 3:30am ISTNew York's 5pm Friday. From Monday 15 March 2027: Saturday 2:30am, after the US clock change.
Sydney and TokyoSydney 2:30am–11:30am until 2 April, then 3:30am–12:30pm from 5 April; Tokyo 4:30am–1:30pm all year (IST).
Your broker sets the real timesSpot forex trades over the counter, so there's no single official open; check your broker's or prop firm's platform judged.

Forex session times in India by date (IST)

Every period until 17 December 2027, so both the UK and US summer and winter times are here. A new row starts wherever a clock change moves the times.

Forex sessions in IST, Monday to Friday, on each centre's 08:00–17:00 business day. −1 = starts the evening before; +1 = ends after midnight.
Dates	Sydney	Tokyo	London	New York	Overlap
16 November 2026 to 12 March 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	13:30–22:30	18:30–03:30⁺¹	18:30–22:30
15 March to 26 March 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	13:30–22:30	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–22:30
29 March to 2 April 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	12:30–21:30	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–21:30
5 April to 1 October 2027	03:30–12:30	04:30–13:30	12:30–21:30	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–21:30
4 October to 29 October 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	12:30–21:30	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–21:30
1 November to 5 November 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	13:30–22:30	17:30–02:30⁺¹	17:30–22:30
8 November to 17 December 2027	02:30–11:30	04:30–13:30	13:30–22:30	18:30–03:30⁺¹	18:30–22:30

Clock changes that move the sessions in India

Sunday 14 March 2027: US clocks go forward an hour, so the New York session starts an hour earlier in IST.
Sunday 28 March 2027: UK clocks go forward an hour, so the London session starts an hour earlier in IST.
Sunday 4 April 2027: Sydney clocks go back an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour later in IST.
Sunday 3 October 2027: Sydney clocks go forward an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour earlier in IST.
Sunday 31 October 2027: UK clocks go back an hour, so the London session starts an hour later in IST.

India doesn't change its clocks (India Standard Time all year, by the IANA time zone database), so only the centres' changes move the times here. Tokyo doesn't change either.

NSE hours and the London and New York sessions

National Stock Exchange of India regular hours and the forex sessions, all in IST
Dates	Days	NSE	With London	With New York
16 November 2026 to 12 March 2027	Monday to Friday	09:15–15:30	13:30–15:30 (2 hours)	none
15 March to 26 March 2027	Monday to Friday	09:15–15:30	13:30–15:30 (2 hours)	none
29 March to 29 October 2027	Monday to Friday	09:15–15:30	12:30–15:30 (3 hours)	none

NSE hours measured from the National Stock Exchange of India's own page, read 20 October 2026. Holidays and today's status: NSE timings today.

Reserve Bank of India decision dates

The Reserve Bank of India's own calendar lists its next policy decisions on Friday 4 December 2026 and Friday 5 February 2027 measured, read 10 November 2026. It gives the dates, not the times, so this page doesn't place them in a session. Every date: Reserve Bank of India decision dates.

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 session times in other countries

US stocks in IST: US market time in India. Release times in your zone: economic calendar. Prop firms that limit news trading: prop firm news rules.

Source and method

Sessions: our conventionEach centre's 08:00–17:00 local business day, Monday to Friday, 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 line.
NSE market timings (saved by hand)nseindia.com, read 15 October 2026
NSE trading holidays 2026, equities (saved by hand)nseindia.com, read 15 October 2026
NSE holidays page with the Muhurat trading note (saved by hand)nseindia.com, read 15 October 2026
NSE circular NSE/CMTR/76941: Muhurat trading 2026 schedule, equities (saved by hand)nsearchives.nseindia.com, read 20 October 2026
Reserve Bank of India: policy calendarrbi.org.in, read 10 November 2026

Not trading advice: the hours say when centres are open, not when to trade. Found an error? Tell us.