Current Local Time in Dhaka
Bangladesh Asia/Dhaka BST UTC+6 No clock change
5:29:40 PM
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Daytime UTC+6 (+06:00)
Static values shown for ; your browser updates them to the current second.
UTC offset now
UTC+6
Same on every date
Abbreviation
BST
No seasonal variant
Daylight saving
No clock change
Dhaka never changes its clocks
IANA time zone
Asia/Dhaka
Bangladesh · Asia
Dhaka time zone
Because Bangladesh does not operate daylight saving time in Asia/Dhaka, Dhaka sits at UTC+6 (BST) on every date of 2026. Scheduling across this zone is stable year-round.
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Dhaka
- Offset in standard time
- UTC+6 (BST)
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed — no clock change
- Most recent clock change
- None on record in recent years
- Next clock change
- None scheduled — clocks stay as they are
- When it is 12:00 UTC
- 6:00 PM in January · 6:00 PM in July
Clock changes in Dhaka, 2026–2028
Full record for Dhaka → ten years back and ten forward, with each year's DST window.
No clock change. Dhaka stays on UTC+6 (BST) through 2028 under the rules currently published in the IANA time zone database. Governments do sometimes change these rules, so this page is regenerated from the latest database on every build.
Sun and moon in Dhaka
Computed for 23.8103°, 90.4125° on August 2, 2026.
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Sunset
6:40 PM
Day length
13h 13m
−1m 01s vs yesterday
Solar noon
12:04 PM
Sun at its highest
| Phase | Morning | Evening | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 4:05 AM | 8:03 PM | −18° to −12° |
| Nautical twilight | 4:35 AM | 7:33 PM | −12° to −6° |
| Civil twilight | 5:04 AM | 7:05 PM | −6° to −0.833° |
| Sunrise / sunset | 5:28 AM | 6:40 PM | −0.833° (upper limb at the horizon) |
Across 2026, daylight in Dhaka runs from about 10h 40m at the shortest day to 13h 36m at the longest.
Moon
Waning gibbous
80% illuminated · 19.1 days into the cycle · waning
- Moonrise
- 8:57 PM
- Moonset
- 8:32 AM
- Next full moon
- Aug 28, 10:19 AM
- Next new moon
- Aug 12, 11:38 PM
Sun and moon figures are computed locally from standard astronomical series (NOAA solar equations and Meeus' lunar terms) — accurate to about a minute at mid latitudes, and less near the poles where the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle.
Weather in Dhaka
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Current weather for Dhaka is unavailable right now. Everything else on this page — local time, time zone rules, sunrise and sunset — is computed locally and unaffected.
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Time difference between Dhaka and other cities
Differences are computed from each city's own zone rules, so pairs whose clocks change on different dates show more than one value across the year.
| City | Local time | Difference | Across the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York United States | 7:29 AM | −10h | Varies: −10h / −11h |
| Sao Paulo Brazil | 8:29 AM | −9h | Fixed all year |
| London United Kingdom | 12:29 PM | −5h | Varies: −5h / −6h |
| Tel Aviv Israel | 2:29 PM | −3h | Varies: −3h / −4h |
| Cairo Egypt | 2:29 PM | −3h | Varies: −3h / −4h |
| Mumbai India | 4:59 PM | −0:30h | Fixed all year |
| Sydney Australia | 9:29 PM | +4h | Varies: +5h / +4h |
| Los Angeles United States | 4:29 AM | −13h | Varies: −13h / −14h |
Dhaka at a glance
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Region
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 23.8103° N, 90.4125° E
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Dhaka
- Currency
- BDT
- Language
- Bengali
- Usual clock notation
- 12-hour
- Also written
- ঢাকা
Only fields we can source are listed; nothing on this page is estimated. Sources are in data sources .
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What time is it in Dhaka right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Dhaka, Bangladesh, updated every second from your device's clock and converted with the Asia/Dhaka time zone rules. Dhaka currently runs at UTC+6 (BST) all year round.
What time zone is Dhaka in?
The IANA identifier for Dhaka is Asia/Dhaka. Its abbreviation is BST all year.
What is the UTC offset in Dhaka?
Dhaka stays at UTC+6 throughout the year. Its clocks never move, so the offset shown here is the offset on every date.
Does Dhaka observe daylight saving time?
No. Dhaka does not use daylight saving time — there is no clock change in 2026, so UTC+6 applies on every date. Differences with cities that do change their clocks still move twice a year, because the other city shifts.
What is the time difference between Dhaka and New York?
For most of 2026, New York is 10 hours behind Dhaka. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 11 hours (New York behind Dhaka) from January 1 – March 8 and November 1 – January 1.
What is the time difference between Dhaka and Sao Paulo?
The gap is fixed: Sao Paulo is 9 hours behind Dhaka on every date of the year.
What is the time difference between Dhaka and London?
For most of 2026, London is 5 hours behind Dhaka. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 6 hours (London behind Dhaka) from January 1 – March 29 and October 25 – January 1.
How long is the day in Dhaka?
Day length in Dhaka ranges from about 10h 40m at the shortest day of 2026 to about 13h 36m at the longest. The sunrise and sunset section on this page shows today's figures for latitude 23.81°, longitude 90.41°.