Forex Market Hours
Forex Market Hours by City
When the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions open and close in your city, converted for today's date with daylight saving applied. Pick your city for a full breakdown, the best hours to trade and a live clock. Times for 14 October 2026.
| City | London–New York overlap | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LagosNigeria | WAT · UTC+1 | 13:00–17:00 | 08:00 |
| AbujaNigeria | WAT · UTC+1 | 13:00–17:00 | 08:00 |
| NairobiKenya | EAT · UTC+3 | 15:00–19:00 | 10:00 |
| AccraGhana | GMT · UTC | 12:00–16:00 | 07:00 |
| JohannesburgSouth Africa | SAST · UTC+2 | 14:00–18:00 | 09:00 |
| KarachiPakistan | PKT · UTC+5 | 17:00–21:00 | 12:00 |
| LahorePakistan | PKT · UTC+5 | 17:00–21:00 | 12:00 |
| MumbaiIndia | IST · UTC+5:30 | 17:30–21:30 | 12:30 |
| DelhiIndia | IST · UTC+5:30 | 17:30–21:30 | 12:30 |
| DhakaBangladesh | BST · UTC+6 | 18:00–22:00 | 13:00 |
| UlaanbaatarMongolia | ULAT · UTC+8 | 20:00–00:00+1 | 15:00 |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | BST · UTC+1 | 13:00–17:00 | 08:00 |
| New YorkUnited States | EDT · UTC−4 | 08:00–12:00 | 03:00 |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | GST · UTC+4 | 16:00–20:00 | 11:00 |
| SingaporeSingapore | SGT · UTC+8 | 20:00–00:00+1 | 15:00 |
| ManilaPhilippines | PHT · UTC+8 | 20:00–00:00+1 | 15:00 |
How these times are calculated
Each session is anchored to normal business hours in its own financial centre: Sydney 07:00–16:00, Tokyo 09:00–18:00, London 08:00–17:00 and New York 08:00–17:00, local time. Sydney, London and New York change their clocks for daylight saving on different dates, so during the year the sessions shift in other cities' local time. These pages redo the conversion for today's date. Session boundaries are conventions rather than exchange hours: forex trades over the counter, and liquidity builds and fades gradually.
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Live clock. Sessions follow local business hours in Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York, with each centre's daylight saving applied. Boundaries are approximate.
Sources
Session hours follow the local-business-hours convention described by these references; they agree on London 08:00–17:00 and New York 08:00–17:00 local time and differ by up to an hour on Sydney.
For educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Session times are approximate conventions; check your broker's server time and holiday schedule. Trading forex involves significant risk of loss.
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