London and New York session time in South Africa
What is the London session time in South Africa?
10am–7pmSAST
New York: 3pm–12am SAST until 26 March.
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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 SAST times are worked out from each country's own clock-change rules, never a typed offset. How we checkHow we make moneyCorrections
London session time in South Africa: the London session runs 10am–7pm SAST and the New York session 3pm–12am SAST (after midnight) until 26 March. The forex week opens at 11pm SAST on Sunday.
Times are in SAST (South African Standard Time). Your browser shows which sessions are open now.
Which forex sessions are open now in South Africa
| Session | SAST | Now |
|---|---|---|
 Sydney | 23:00−1–08:00 | Mon–Fri |
 Tokyo | 01:00–10:00 | Mon–Fri |
 London | 10:00–19:00 | Mon–Fri |
 New York | 15:00–00:00+1 | Mon–Fri |
| London–New York overlap | 15:00–19:00 | Mon–Fri |
On each centre's 08:00–17:00 business day, the London forex session runs 10:00–19:00 SAST in South Africa until 26 March 2027 and overlaps New York 15:00–19:00 SAST (4 hours), according to TradingLookup's Market Clock (October 2026).
London session time in South Africa
London's 8am–5pm business day is 10am–7pm SAST until Friday 26 March 2027, then 9am–6pm SAST from Monday 29 March 2027. The UK changes its clocks; South Africa doesn't.
New York session time in South Africa
New York's 8am–5pm business day is 3pm–12am SAST (after midnight) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 2pm–11pm SAST from Monday 15 March 2027.
London and New York are both open 15:00–19:00 SAST (4 hours) until Friday 12 March 2027, then 14:00–19:00 (5 hours) from Monday 15 March 2027. That overlap is often called the busiest window judged: we don't measure volume.
Forex market opening time in South Africa
- Week opens: Sunday 11pm SASTSydney's 8am Monday, on our convention. From Monday 5 April 2027: Monday 12am, after Sydney's clock change.
- Week closes: Saturday 12am SASTNew York's 5pm Friday. From Monday 15 March 2027: Friday 11pm, after the US clock change.
- Sydney and TokyoSydney 11pm–8am (from the evening before) until 2 April, then 12am–9am from 5 April; Tokyo 1am–10am all year (SAST).
- 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 South Africa by date (SAST)
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 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 10:00–19:00 | 15:00–00:00+1 | 15:00–19:00 |
| 15 March to 26 March 2027 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 10:00–19:00 | 14:00–23:00 | 14:00–19:00 |
| 29 March to 2 April 2027 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 09:00–18:00 | 14:00–23:00 | 14:00–18:00 |
| 5 April to 1 October 2027 | 00:00–09:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 09:00–18:00 | 14:00–23:00 | 14:00–18:00 |
| 4 October to 29 October 2027 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 09:00–18:00 | 14:00–23:00 | 14:00–18:00 |
| 1 November to 5 November 2027 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 10:00–19:00 | 14:00–23:00 | 14:00–19:00 |
| 8 November to 17 December 2027 | 23:00−1–08:00 | 01:00–10:00 | 10:00–19:00 | 15:00–00:00+1 | 15:00–19:00 |
Clock changes that move the sessions in South Africa
- Sunday 14 March 2027: US clocks go forward an hour, so the New York session starts an hour earlier in SAST.
- Sunday 28 March 2027: UK clocks go forward an hour, so the London session starts an hour earlier in SAST.
- Sunday 4 April 2027: Sydney clocks go back an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour later in SAST.
- Sunday 3 October 2027: Sydney clocks go forward an hour, so the Sydney session starts an hour earlier in SAST.
- Sunday 31 October 2027: UK clocks go back an hour, so the London session starts an hour later in SAST.
South Africa doesn't change its clocks (South African Standard Time all year, by the IANA time zone database), so only the centres' changes move the times here. Tokyo doesn't change either.
JSE hours: not shown yet
When our script last tried the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's own pages (11 November 2026), they didn't load for it, so this page doesn't put the JSE next to the forex sessions. We don't type hours in from memory.
South African Reserve Bank decision dates
The South African Reserve Bank's own calendar lists its next policy decisions on Thursday 19 November 2026, Thursday 28 January 2027 and Thursday 18 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: South African Reserve Bank decision dates.
Forex session times in other countries
London and New York sessions in India IST
Forex market opening time in Pakistan PKT
London and New York sessions in Nigeria WAT- Forex market hours in every time zone
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.
- South African Reserve Bank: policy calendarresbank.co.za, read 10 November 2026
Not trading advice: the hours say when centres are open, not when to trade. Found an error? Tell us.