diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58bb1312..5c0d68a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+- Fixed `pendulum.instance()` raising `AttributeError` for datetimes with a `pytz.FixedOffset` timezone [#981](https://github.com/python-pendulum/pendulum/pull/981)
+
 ## [3.2.0] - 2026-01-30
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/pendulum/__init__.py b/src/pendulum/__init__.py
index 16ae0865..71425cd9 100644
--- a/src/pendulum/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pendulum/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,17 @@ def _safe_timezone(
             obj = obj.key
         # pytz
         elif hasattr(obj, "localize"):
-            obj = obj.zone  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            # Named pytz zones expose a ``zone`` name, but fixed-offset zones
+            # (``pytz.FixedOffset``) have ``zone = None``; use their offset.
+            if obj.zone is not None:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                obj = obj.zone  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            else:
+                offset = obj.utcoffset(dt)
+
+                if offset is None:
+                    offset = _datetime.timedelta(0)
+
+                obj = int(offset.total_seconds())
         elif obj.tzname(None) == "UTC":
             return UTC
         else:
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 76033450..e7a5ac29 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import time
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import pytest
 
 from dateutil import tz
 
@@ -36,6 +39,18 @@ def test_instance_with_aware_datetime_any_tzinfo() -> None:
     assert now.timezone_name == "+02:00"
 
 
+def test_instance_with_pytz_fixed_offset() -> None:
+    # ``pytz.FixedOffset`` has a ``localize`` method but no ``zone`` name,
+    # which used to raise ``AttributeError`` in ``_safe_timezone`` (#807).
+    pytz = pytest.importorskip("pytz")
+
+    dt = pendulum.instance(datetime(2021, 2, 3, tzinfo=pytz.FixedOffset(60)))
+    assert dt.utcoffset() == timedelta(minutes=60)
+
+    dt = pendulum.instance(datetime(2021, 2, 3, tzinfo=pytz.FixedOffset(-330)))
+    assert dt.utcoffset() == timedelta(minutes=-330)
+
+
 def test_instance_with_date() -> None:
     dt = pendulum.instance(date(2022, 12, 23))