diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fa157e8680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { BUDGET_WINDOW_OPTIONS } from "./BudgetWindowsEditor";
+
+const hintFor = (value: string): string => {
+  const option = BUDGET_WINDOW_OPTIONS.find((o) => o.value === value);
+  if (!option) throw new Error(`no budget window option for ${value}`);
+  return option.resetHint;
+};
+
+describe("BUDGET_WINDOW_OPTIONS reset hints", () => {
+  it("describes the weekly window as resetting on Monday, matching the backend", () => {
+    expect(hintFor("7d")).toContain("Monday");
+    expect(hintFor("7d")).not.toContain("Sunday");
+  });
+
+  it("does not claim a fixed UTC reset, since the backend honors the configured timezone", () => {
+    for (const option of BUDGET_WINDOW_OPTIONS) {
+      expect(option.resetHint).not.toContain("midnight UTC");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("points at litellm_settings.timezone and its UTC default for every window that resets at a time of day", () => {
+    for (const value of ["24h", "7d", "30d"]) {
+      expect(hintFor(value)).toContain("litellm_settings.timezone");
+      expect(hintFor(value)).toContain("defaults to UTC");
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.tsx
index 3f8b2484c7b..b484ab50366 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/BudgetWindowsEditor.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ export interface BudgetWindowEntry {
   max_budget: number | null;
 }
 
+const RESET_TIMEZONE_NOTE = "in the proxy timezone (litellm_settings.timezone, defaults to UTC)";
+
 export const BUDGET_WINDOW_OPTIONS = [
   { value: "1h", label: "Hourly", resetHint: "Resets every hour" },
-  { value: "24h", label: "Daily", resetHint: "Resets daily at midnight UTC" },
-  { value: "7d", label: "Weekly", resetHint: "Resets every Sunday at midnight UTC" },
-  { value: "30d", label: "Monthly", resetHint: "Resets on the 1st of every month at midnight UTC" },
+  { value: "24h", label: "Daily", resetHint: `Resets daily at midnight ${RESET_TIMEZONE_NOTE}` },
+  { value: "7d", label: "Weekly", resetHint: `Resets every Monday at midnight ${RESET_TIMEZONE_NOTE}` },
+  { value: "30d", label: "Monthly", resetHint: `Resets on the 1st of each month at midnight ${RESET_TIMEZONE_NOTE}` },
 ];
 
 interface BudgetWindowsEditorProps {