| Market | Local Time | Hours (Local) | Status |
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The forex market runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, as trading rolls continuously across four major financial centers — Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. Use the forex time zone converter above to instantly see when each forex session opens or closes in your own local timezone, with full automatic daylight saving handling.
| Session | Local Hours | UTC (Summer) | UTC (Winter) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 08:00 – 17:00 AEDT/AEST | 21:00 – 06:00 | 22:00 – 07:00 |
| Tokyo | 08:00 – 17:00 JST | 23:00 – 08:00 | 23:00 – 08:00 |
| London | 08:00 – 17:00 GMT/BST | 07:00 – 16:00 BST | 08:00 – 17:00 GMT |
| New York | 08:00 – 17:00 EST/EDT | 12:00 – 21:00 EDT | 13:00 – 22:00 EST |
Daylight saving transitions happen on different dates in Europe, North America and Australia, so use the live converter above for exact times in your timezone.
The London session is the largest by trading volume — roughly 35% of all daily forex turnover passes through London, making it the most liquid window of the day. The New York session is second-largest and drives major moves on USD pairs like EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY. The Tokyo session handles most JPY-pair activity, and the Sydney session kicks off the trading week each Monday morning.
This forex market time converter works as a complete time zone converter for forex. Pick any source timezone — your local time, UTC, GMT, EST, JST, AEDT, CET, and 30+ more — choose a date and time, and instantly see the equivalent moment in every major market center. It also doubles as a London time to US time converter: just pick Europe/London as the source and read off the New York row.
Q: When does the forex market open and close?
The forex market opens at 22:00 UTC on Sunday with the Sydney session and closes at 22:00 UTC on Friday when New York wraps up.
Q: Which forex session has the highest volatility?
The London / New York overlap (12:00 – 16:00 UTC) offers the highest liquidity, tightest spreads, and biggest price movements on major pairs.
Q: Does this tool handle daylight saving time?
Yes. The converter uses each market's IANA timezone, so DST transitions in London, New York, Sydney and Frankfurt are applied automatically and accurately year-round.
Q: Can I check forex market timings on weekends?
The forex spot market is closed from Friday 22:00 UTC until Sunday 22:00 UTC. The status badges above will show all markets closed during this window.
Q: Why are there four forex sessions?
Each session represents the local business hours of a major financial center. Together they cover the full 24-hour weekday cycle, which is what makes forex a true round-the-clock market.