Forex market opening time in Pakistan (PKT)
When does the forex market open in Pakistan?
2amPKT, Monday
London 1pm–10pm, New York 6pm–3am PKT until 26 March.
Read · our convention, judged · Link to this fact
By Alexander Burnett (editor) Last updated
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 PKT times are worked out from each country's own clock-change rules, never a typed offset. How we checkHow we make moneyCorrections
Forex market opening time in Pakistan: the forex week opens at 2am PKT on Monday, when Sydney's business day starts, and closes at 3am PKT on Saturday. The London session runs 1pm–10pm and the New York session 6pm–3am PKT (after midnight) until 26 March.
Times are in PKT (Pakistan Standard Time). Your browser shows which sessions are open now.
Which forex sessions are open now in Pakistan
| Session | PKT | Now |
|---|---|---|
 Sydney | 02:00–11:00 | Mon–Fri |
 Tokyo | 04:00–13:00 | Mon–Fri |
 London | 13:00–22:00 | Mon–Fri |
 New York | 18:00–03:00+1 | Mon–Fri |
| London–New York overlap | 18:00–22:00 | Mon–Fri |
On each centre's 08:00–17:00 business day, the London forex session runs 13:00–22:00 PKT in Pakistan until 26 March 2027 and overlaps New York 18:00–22:00 PKT (4 hours), according to TradingLookup's Market Clock (October 2026).
London session forex time in Pakistan
London's 8am–5pm business day is 1pm–10pm PKT until Friday 26 March 2027, then 12pm–9pm PKT from Monday 29 March 2027. The UK changes its clocks; Pakistan doesn't.
Monday to Thursday, the PSX's session (09:32–15:30 PKT) runs during the London session for 2 hours 30 minutes a day (13:00–15:30).
New York session time in Pakistan
New York's 8am–5pm business day is 6pm–3am PKT (after midnight) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 5pm–2am PKT from Monday 15 March 2027.
London and New York are both open 18:00–22:00 PKT (4 hours) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 17:00–22:00 (5 hours) from Monday 15 March 2027. That overlap is often called the busiest window judged: we don't measure volume.
The PSX has closed before the New York session opens, on every trading day.
When the forex week opens and closes in Pakistan
- Week opens: Monday 2am PKTSydney's 8am Monday, on our convention. From Monday 5 April 2027: Monday 3am, after Sydney's clock change.
- Week closes: Saturday 3am PKTNew York's 5pm Friday. From Monday 15 March 2027: Saturday 2am, after the US clock change.
- Sydney and TokyoSydney 2am–11am until 2 April, then 3am–12pm from 5 April; Tokyo 4am–1pm all year (PKT).
- 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 Pakistan by date (PKT)
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.
| Dates | Sydney | Tokyo | London | New York | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 November 2026 to 12 March 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 13:00–22:00 | 18:00–03:00+1 | 18:00–22:00 |
| 15 March to 26 March 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 13:00–22:00 | 17:00–02:00+1 | 17:00–22:00 |
| 29 March to 2 April 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 12:00–21:00 | 17:00–02:00+1 | 17:00–21:00 |
| 5 April to 1 October 2027 | 03:00–12:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 12:00–21:00 | 17:00–02:00+1 | 17:00–21:00 |
| 4 October to 29 October 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 12:00–21:00 | 17:00–02:00+1 | 17:00–21:00 |
| 1 November to 5 November 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 13:00–22:00 | 17:00–02:00+1 | 17:00–22:00 |
| 8 November to 17 December 2027 | 02:00–11:00 | 04:00–13:00 | 13:00–22:00 | 18:00–03:00+1 | 18:00–22:00 |
Clock changes that move the sessions in Pakistan
- Sunday 14 March 2027: US clocks go forward an hour, so the New York session starts an hour earlier in PKT.
- Sunday 28 March 2027: UK clocks go forward an hour, so the London session starts an hour earlier in PKT.
- Sunday 4 April 2027: Sydney clocks go back an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour later in PKT.
- Sunday 3 October 2027: Sydney clocks go forward an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour earlier in PKT.
- Sunday 31 October 2027: UK clocks go back an hour, so the London session starts an hour later in PKT.
Pakistan doesn't change its clocks (Pakistan Standard Time all year, by the IANA time zone database), so only the centres' changes move the times here. Tokyo doesn't change either.
PSX hours and the London and New York sessions
| Dates | Days | PSX | With London | With New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 November 2026 to 12 March 2027 | Monday to Thursday | 09:32–15:30 | 13:00–15:30 (2 hours 30 minutes) | none |
| Friday | 09:17–12:00 and 14:32–16:30 | 14:32–16:30 (1 hour 58 minutes) | none | |
| 15 March to 26 March 2027 | Monday to Thursday | 09:32–15:30 | 13:00–15:30 (2 hours 30 minutes) | none |
| Friday | 09:17–12:00 and 14:32–16:30 | 14:32–16:30 (1 hour 58 minutes) | none | |
| 29 March to 29 October 2027 | Monday to Thursday | 09:32–15:30 | 12:00–15:30 (3 hours 30 minutes) | none |
| Friday | 09:17–12:00 and 14:32–16:30 | 14:32–16:30 (1 hour 58 minutes) | none |
PSX's own trading-hours page shows this timetable under an old heading for Ramadan 1441 AH (2020). PSX's 2026 Ramadan notice gave different hours (09:17–13:30) and said standard timing returns after Ramadan, so we read this table as PSX's standard timetable. That reading is ours, not PSX's words: check PSX notices before trading.
PSX hours measured from the Pakistan Stock Exchange's own page, read 11 November 2026. Holidays and today's status: PSX timings today.
State Bank of Pakistan decision dates
The State Bank of Pakistan's own calendar lists its next policy decisions on Monday 14 December 2026, Monday 25 January 2027 and Monday 8 March 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: State Bank of Pakistan decision dates.
Forex session times in other countries
London and New York sessions in India IST
London and New York sessions in South Africa SAST
London and New York sessions in Nigeria WAT- Forex market hours in every time zone
US stocks in PKT: US market time in Pakistan. Release times in your zone: economic calendar. Prop firms that limit news trading: prop firm news rules. Asking whether forex is permissible in Islam? Is forex trading halal or haram? What scholars say.
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.
- PSX trading hourspsx.com.pk, read 11 November 2026
- PSX homepage (market timings)psx.com.pk, read 11 November 2026
- PSX calendar holidays pagepsx.com.pk, read 11 November 2026
- PSX notice: holidays 2026 (PDF)dps.psx.com.pk, read 11 November 2026
- PSX notice: Ramadan 1447 trading timings (PDF)dps.psx.com.pk, read 11 November 2026
- State Bank of Pakistan: policy calendararchive.sbp.org.pk, read 10 November 2026
Not trading advice: the hours say when centres are open, not when to trade. Found an error? Tell us.