Time in Dhaka
It is 07:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Dhaka. Dhaka is in Bangladesh. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Dhaka at +06:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Dhaka uses Bangladesh Standard Time (Asia/Dhaka) at UTC+06:00 year-round — no daylight saving, one hour ahead of India Standard Time’s half-hour clock.
Office and garment-industry days often start near 09:00–10:00. Gulf Cooperation Council mornings overlap well; US East Coast mornings arrive late in the Dhaka evening.
Bangladesh is one hour ahead of India, not a half hour. Spreadsheets that copy Asia/Kolkata onto Dhaka silently move every meeting by thirty minutes the wrong way.
Dhaka time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+06:00
- IANA
- Asia/Dhaka
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Dhaka
Dhaka is currently on its standard offset. Dhaka does not change its clocks. The offset stays +06:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Dhaka today
The sun rises at 05:45 and sets at 18:00, giving 12 h 15 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:53, 7 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Dhaka sits east of the 90° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 05:45
- Sunset
- 18:00
- Daylight
- 12 h 15 m
- Solar noon
- 11:53Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Dhaka
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Dhaka and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Dhaka
- Population
- 16,800,000The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Dhaka Division
- Coordinates
- 23.7289° N, 90.3944° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)
- Calling code
- +880Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Bangla
- Airports
- DACHazrat Shahjalal InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Dhaka local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Dhaka
- What time is it in Dhaka right now?
- It is 07:26 in Dhaka as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Dhaka uses the IANA zone Asia/Dhaka, currently +06:00.
- Which time zone is Dhaka in?
- Dhaka uses Asia/Dhaka, which is currently +06:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Dhaka observe daylight saving time?
- No. Dhaka stays on +06:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Dhaka ahead of or behind UTC?
- Dhaka is currently at +06:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Dhaka is 18:00.
Well-known places in Dhaka
If you are checking the time in Dhaka because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Baitul Mukarram National MosqueRead more on Wikipedia
- Lalbagh FortRead more on Wikipedia
- Shaheed MinarRead more on Wikipedia