Pakistan
Use Pakistan Standard Time and recheck the London/New York conversion when daylight-saving schedules change.
Forex market hours and time zones
Forex Trading Sessions & Market Hours
Learn how the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York centres relate to one another, then convert a date and time between local time zones. Session conventions and provider dealing hours can differ; daylight-saving changes also shift local clock times.
Session map
The four major centres
| Session | Major centre | Common focus | What to watch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | Tokyo | JPY, AUD, NZD | Asian data and regional risk sentiment |
| Europe | London | EUR, GBP | European releases and London/New York overlap |
| North America | New York | USD, CAD | US data, Fed expectations and overlap liquidity |
| Pacific | Sydney | AUD, NZD | Regional reopening and early-week flows |
Session labels describe activity around financial centres; they are not a universal broker schedule. Check your provider’s displayed market hours, holidays and instrument-specific trading breaks.
Time-zone tool
Forex market time converter
Convert a chosen local date and time between major financial centres. The result accounts for each selected time zone’s daylight-saving rules.
Choose a date, time and time zones, then select Convert time.
This converts clock time only. It is not a trading signal and does not confirm that a broker or instrument is open. If a selected local time falls inside a daylight-saving clock change, choose a nearby valid time.
South Asia
Pakistan, India & Bangladesh time
FTB should eventually connect this page to a live timezone/session calculator. Until then, use a current timezone conversion because London and New York daylight-saving changes alter the local clock relationship.
India
Use India Standard Time. India does not observe seasonal daylight-saving changes, so overseas session shifts can be especially noticeable.
Bangladesh
Use Bangladesh Standard Time and verify current session conversion against the financial centre's seasonal clock.
Next step: calculate risk
Position Size Calculator →Session timing can change volatility, but it does not tell you whether a trade is profitable.
