{
  "name": "Gold market hours (XAUUSD)",
  "description": "When gold trades: the weekly session, the daily pause, the weekend close, the clock rule and the holiday hours. Silver (XAGUSD) keeps the same hours. No prices.",
  "url": "https://pravex.app/gold-market-open-time/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Pravex, pravex.app",
  "source": "CME Globex gold futures hours and CME's holiday calendar, as Pravex's chart keeps them (checked 17 Oct 2026). A broker's spot gold hours can differ by up to an hour.",
  "updated": "2026-10-17",
  "timeZone": "America/New_York",
  "clockRule": "New York's clock (America/New_York): UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November. Times stay fixed in New York and move by an hour elsewhere when US clocks change.",
  "weekly": [
    {
      "type": "session",
      "name": "Weekly session",
      "days": "Sunday to Friday",
      "startNewYork": "Sunday 18:00",
      "endNewYork": "Friday 17:00",
      "note": "Trades 23 hours a day between the daily pauses"
    },
    {
      "type": "pause",
      "name": "Daily pause",
      "days": "Monday to Thursday",
      "startNewYork": "17:00",
      "endNewYork": "18:00",
      "note": "One hour each trading day"
    },
    {
      "type": "weekend",
      "name": "Weekend close",
      "days": "Friday to Sunday",
      "startNewYork": "Friday 17:00",
      "endNewYork": "Sunday 18:00",
      "note": "No trading, no price"
    }
  ],
  "usClockChanges": [
    {
      "at": "2026-03-08T07:00:00Z",
      "utcOffsetAfter": "-04:00"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-11-01T06:00:00Z",
      "utcOffsetAfter": "-05:00"
    },
    {
      "at": "2027-03-14T07:00:00Z",
      "utcOffsetAfter": "-04:00"
    },
    {
      "at": "2027-11-07T06:00:00Z",
      "utcOffsetAfter": "-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "holidaysCheckedThrough": "2027-01-04",
  "holidays": [
    {
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "dates": [
        "2026-01-01"
      ],
      "kind": "shut",
      "stops": "2025-12-31T17:00:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-01-01T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2025-12-31T22:00:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-01-01T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
      "dates": [
        "2026-01-19"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-01-19T14:30:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-01-19T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-01-19T19:30:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-01-19T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Presidents Day",
      "dates": [
        "2026-02-16"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-02-16T14:30:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-02-16T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-02-16T19:30:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-02-16T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "dates": [
        "2026-04-03"
      ],
      "kind": "shut",
      "stops": "2026-04-02T17:00:00-04:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-04-05T18:00:00-04:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-04-02T21:00:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-04-05T22:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Memorial Day",
      "dates": [
        "2026-05-25"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-05-25T14:30:00-04:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-05-25T18:00:00-04:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-05-25T18:30:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-05-25T22:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Labor Day",
      "dates": [
        "2026-09-07"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-09-07T14:30:00-04:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-09-07T18:00:00-04:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-09-07T18:30:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-09-07T22:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thanksgiving",
      "dates": [
        "2026-11-26"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-11-26T14:30:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-11-26T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-11-26T19:30:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-11-26T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "The day after Thanksgiving",
      "dates": [
        "2026-11-27"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-11-27T14:45:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-11-29T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-11-27T19:45:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-11-29T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Christmas Eve and Christmas",
      "dates": [
        "2026-12-24",
        "2026-12-25"
      ],
      "kind": "early stop",
      "stops": "2026-12-24T13:45:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2026-12-27T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-12-24T18:45:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2026-12-27T23:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "dates": [
        "2027-01-01"
      ],
      "kind": "shut",
      "stops": "2026-12-31T17:00:00-05:00",
      "opensAgain": "2027-01-03T18:00:00-05:00",
      "stopsUtc": "2026-12-31T22:00:00Z",
      "opensAgainUtc": "2027-01-03T23:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}