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Forex market hours in GST
Every session time on this page is shown in Gulf Standard Time (UTC+4, all year). The clock reads the same IANA timezone data your operating system uses, so it stays right through every daylight saving change without anybody editing a table.
Reading your clock…
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Today, in your timezone
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Sessions in GST
| Session | Status | Your time | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney08:00 – 17:00 Sydney | — | — | — |
| Tokyo09:00 – 18:00 Tokyo | — | — | — |
| London08:00 – 17:00 London | — | — | — |
| New York08:00 – 17:00 New York | — | — | — |
| London – New York overlapthe busiest window of the day | — | — | — |
Exchanges
| Exchange | Status | Local | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
| NYSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
| LSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
Candle close and rollover
Triple swap tonight. The close that ends the Wednesday session carries three days of swap, because the spot value date rolls over the weekend. A position you would happily hold through any other rollover costs — or pays — three times as much through this one.
The market is shut for the weekend, so no candle is forming. Trading resumes in —.
Anchored to 17:00 New York, which is where the daily forex candle closes and where swap is charged. Your broker's own daily bar matches this only if their server runs on a timezone whose midnight lands on that moment — the usual case, and the reason most MT5 charts show five daily candles a week rather than six.
The clock needs JavaScript and runs entirely in this tab. Your timezone is read from the browser with the standard internationalisation API — nothing is sent anywhere.
What GST is, and what it does to your session times
GST is UTC+4 all year, with no daylight saving.
Because the offset never changes, every shift you see in the table below belongs to the other city — it is London or New York moving, not you.
Session times in GST
| Session | GST, northern winter | GST, northern summer | Moves? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 08:00 – 17:00 Sydney | 01:00 – 10:00 | 02:00 – 11:00 | Yes |
| Tokyo 09:00 – 18:00 Tokyo | 04:00 – 13:00 | 04:00 – 13:00 | No |
| London 08:00 – 17:00 London | 12:00 – 21:00 | 11:00 – 20:00 | Yes |
| New York 08:00 – 17:00 New York | 17:00 – 02:00 | 16:00 – 01:00 | Yes |
| London – New York overlap the busiest window of the day | 17:00 – 21:00 | 16:00 – 20:00 | Length changes too |
| Daily candle close 17:00 New York, where swap is charged | 02:00 | 01:00 | Yes |
Exchange hours in GST
| Exchange | GST, winter | GST, summer | Local hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSE | 11:00 – 18:50 | 11:00 – 18:50 | 09:00 – 16:50 Johannesburg |
| NYSE | 18:30 – 01:00 | 17:30 – 00:00 | 09:30 – 16:00 New York |
| LSE | 12:00 – 20:30 | 11:00 – 19:30 | 08:00 – 16:30 London |
Every other clock
Your record already knows which session pays
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