#anx/pan presently has one session daily. This session starts at 7PM US Eastern Time and continues until the last person leaves. A typical session runs about 2-1/2 hours. We encourage people to come in at the start time, but you may join in at your convenience.
We have found that starting sessions at 7PM US ET is the time when it is most likely that more people will be able to join. We have tried other session schedules but found that few appeared at those times. However, if enough interest is shown for a different time period, we will try to make an operator available for another session.
Note that I stated the time as "Eastern Time" without a "Standard" or "Daylight Savings" qualifier. #anx/pan starts at the same USA Eastern Time regardless of summertime adjustments. No matter which way we choose to do this can cause confusion for those outside of the United States because their transition times usually occur on a different day and those in southern hemisphere change in the opposite direction. For instance, in the year 2003, England changed to Summertime a week before the US did and New Zealand changed to Wintertime three weeks before the US Summertime.
To find out the what your local time is for the start of an #anx/pan session, I recommend the dateandtime.com worldclock. Enter the day of interest, the time as 7PM and the city as Washington, DC. On the table that appears, find a city in your time zone to see what the local time is for you when #anx/pan will start.