Free tool
TCPA calling hours checker
Pick a state or type a phone number to see whether you can place a sales call right now, in the recipient's local time, under the federal TCPA window and the stricter state rules.
| Monday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Saturday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
| Sunday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
What the federal rule says
The FCC's TCPA rules bar telephone solicitations before 8:00 AM or after 9:00 PM, measured in the local time of the person you call (47 CFR 64.1200(c)(1)). The FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule sets the same window, and Regulation F applies it to debt collection calls. Where your team sits does not matter.
Where states are stricter
Twenty states set their own calling hours. Many end the day at 8:00 PM, including Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington. Some start later: Kentucky at 10:00 AM, and Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Texas at 9:00 AM. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah ban Sunday solicitations, Texas allows them only from noon, and Pennsylvania moves to 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM with no Sundays on October 18, 2026. Rhode Island has the narrowest window: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on weekdays and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturdays. The checker shows the week for the state you pick, with a link to the statute.
When a state spans two time zones
Area codes in states such as Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Oregon can cover two time zones, and Arizona does not observe daylight saving time while the Navajo Nation does. When the checker cannot tell which zone the person is in, it shows each one and only says you can call when the call is allowed in all of them. Calling inside that overlap is the safe default.
What this checker does not cover
Calling hours are one rule among several. Consent for autodialed and AI or prerecorded voice calls, the National Do Not Call Registry, state limits on calls per person (Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon allow three in 24 hours), and debt collection rules all apply separately. Mobile numbers can also move with their owner, so the area code is a best guess at location. This is not legal advice; check with counsel before you change a calling program. For how these rules apply to AI calls, read What is TCPA compliance for AI calls?, or see how Harmony.ai runs outbound calling with calling windows applied by the recipient's time zone.
Frequently asked questions
What are the TCPA calling hours?
8:00 AM to 9:00 PM in the called person's local time, under 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(1). Some states set a shorter window, ban Sunday or holiday calls, or both, and the stricter rule applies.
Whose time zone counts, mine or the person I'm calling?
The person you are calling. A call placed from New York at 8:30 PM to a number in Los Angeles lands at 5:30 PM there and is inside the window. The same call from Los Angeles to New York at 6:30 PM lands at 9:30 PM and is not.
Do calling hours apply to AI voice agents?
Yes. Hours rules apply to the call, not to who or what is talking. The FCC also ruled in 2024 that AI-generated voices count as artificial voices under the TCPA, so the consent rules for artificial and prerecorded voice calls apply to AI agents as well.
Does the checker handle holidays and daylight saving time?
Daylight saving time is handled by your browser's time zone data. Alabama, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Utah ban calls on legal holidays, so the checker applies federal holidays plus each state's own holiday list from its statute. Where a holiday covers only part of a state or part of a day, such as Mardi Gras in Mobile and Baldwin counties or Saturday afternoons in Pennsylvania, it tells you to check the holiday calendar instead of giving a plain yes.