diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/call.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/call.rs
index 3a30c779958..a118cac28c1 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/call.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/call.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
 //! `should_retry_this_error` and `_time_to_sleep_before_retry` in `litellm/router.py`, and
 //! `run_async_fallback` in `router_utils/fallback_event_handlers.py`.
 
-use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
-    future::Future,
-    pin::Pin,
-    sync::Arc,
-    time::{Duration, Instant},
-};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, future::Future, pin::Pin, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 
@@ -1231,7 +1225,7 @@ impl Core {
                 .unrouted_attempt(snapshot, op, request, target, (retry, max_retries), at)
                 .await;
         }
-        let pick_started = Instant::now();
+        let pick_started = self.health.now_time();
         let (deployment, candidates) = match self
             .picked(snapshot, op, request, target, inputs, retry, at)
             .await
@@ -1248,7 +1242,11 @@ impl Core {
         self.host.observe(&RouterEvent::Selected {
             model_group: candidates.model_group.clone(),
             deployment_id: deployment.id.clone(),
-            pick: pick_started.elapsed(),
+            pick: self
+                .health
+                .now_time()
+                .duration_since(pick_started)
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
         });
         if !self.host.supports(op, deployment.provider()) {
             return Err(Error::Config(ConfigError::Unsupported(Unsupported::Op {
@@ -1274,7 +1272,7 @@ impl Core {
                     },
                     None,
                     snapshot.settings.dynamic.default_ref(),
-                    jiff::Timestamp::now(),
+                    self.health.timestamp(),
                 ),
                 Ok(None)
             );
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/health.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/health.rs
index c8055eafe31..eaa61dac7ba 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/health.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/health.rs
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ impl Health {
         self.clock.now()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn timestamp(&self) -> jiff::Timestamp {
+        jiff::Timestamp::try_from(self.clock.now()).unwrap_or(jiff::Timestamp::UNIX_EPOCH)
+    }
+
     fn now(&self) -> f64 {
         unix_seconds(self.clock.now())
     }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/select.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/select.rs
index b6ada42df1f..c7f3b1f9c31 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/select.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/src/select.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ impl Core {
             caller,
             default_target,
             snapshot.settings.dynamic.default_ref(),
-            jiff::Timestamp::now(),
+            self.health.timestamp(),
         )?
         .ok_or_else(|| Error::UnknownModel {
             // The name `_common_checks_available_deployment` looked for, past the alias.
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/tests/call_loop.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/tests/call_loop.rs
index 9f41371f255..a2a741d6135 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/tests/call_loop.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/router-core/tests/call_loop.rs
@@ -1755,3 +1755,57 @@ async fn a_listed_pass_through_pick_names_the_group_an_alias_resolves_to(config:
         Error::NoPassThroughDeployments { model } if model == "primary"
     ));
 }
+
+struct StoppedClock(u64);
+
+impl litellm_router_core::health::Clock for StoppedClock {
+    fn now(&self) -> std::time::SystemTime {
+        std::time::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+fn utc_hour(hour: u64) -> u64 {
+    1_767_225_600 + hour * 3_600
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::inside_the_window(utc_hour(10), vec!["open"])]
+#[case::outside_the_window(utc_hour(20), vec!["open", "reserved"])]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn access_windows_follow_the_routers_clock(#[case] now: u64, #[case] expected: Vec<&str>) {
+    let config: RouterConfig = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+        "model_list": [
+            {"model_name": "chat", "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/a"}, "model_info": {"id": "open"}},
+            {"model_name": "chat", "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/b"}, "model_info": {
+                "id": "reserved",
+                "access_windows": [{"start": "09:00", "end": "17:00", "timezone": "UTC", "team_ids": ["batch"]}],
+            }},
+        ]
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    let router = Router::builder(
+        config,
+        RouterDynamicConfig::default(),
+        Arc::new(ScriptedHost::default()),
+    )
+    .randomness(Arc::new(SeededRandomness::new(7)))
+    .clock(Arc::new(StoppedClock(now)))
+    .build()
+    .unwrap();
+    let mut picked = std::collections::BTreeSet::new();
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        let deployment = router
+            .select(&Op::from("acompletion"), &request_for("chat"))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        picked.insert(deployment.id.clone());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(picked.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+}
+
+fn request_for(model: &str) -> RouterRequest {
+    RouterRequest {
+        model: model.to_owned(),
+        ..RouterRequest::default()
+    }
+}