Time in Afghanistan now

07:05:33

Early morningSaturday, October 10, 2026Week 41Today: World Day Against the Death Penalty

Key facts

TimezoneAsia/Dushanbe

AbbreviationGMT+5

UTC offsetGMT+5

Unix time1791597933

UTC time2026-10-10T02:05:33.582Z

Current year2026

CountryAfghanistan

Cities listed1,542

Day of weekSaturday

Day of year283

Week number41

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Ashkāsham on the map

Ashkāsham is a city in Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Latitude: 36.6833. Longitude: 71.5333
Timezone: Asia/Dushanbe

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Time zone info for Afghanistan

UTC+5

Asia/Dushanbe

Afghanistan follows Asia/Dushanbe. The local time is shown using live browser time, refreshed every second.

Methodology and trust

About this Afghanistan time page

This Afghanistan page combines live clock output with timezone, offset, holiday, and daylight context so the page is useful beyond a single timestamp.

Last reviewedJune 28, 2026

Template logic, page copy, and trust notes were reviewed manually in the current rollout.

Time and DST sourceAsia/Dushanbe

Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.

Weather and solar layerOpen-Meteo + coordinate calculations

Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.

Holiday coverageAF holiday dataset

Calendar and next-holiday data use normalized HolidayFinder coverage with a date-holidays fallback. Regional holiday matches appear when the source dataset includes state or province-level coverage.

Read the full editorial methodology and data sources, see who publishes the site, or send corrections through the contact page.

Live conditions

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Map sceneWeather-aware

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Afghanistan

Sunrise: 06:16
Sunset: 17:44
Day length: 11 hr 28 min
Solar noon: 12:00
Estimates use the map coordinates and local date, with local time zone and daylight-saving adjustments. Terrain and weather can affect observed sunrise and sunset.

Current time in Afghanistan, with the national view

The current time reference for Afghanistan is 07:05:33 on Saturday, October 10, 2026, using Asia/Dushanbe (GMT+5). This is a reference clock, not a guarantee that every location in Afghanistan has the same local time.

For an appointment or arrival, confirm the destination city in Afghanistan. A shared country name is not enough to identify a time zone or the local calendar date.

Capital listed: Kabul; largest city in the location data: Kabul.

Afghanistan at a glance

Afghanistan time right now

This page shows 07:05:33 on Saturday, October 10, 2026, using GMT+5 with a live UTC or GMT offset of GMT+5.

34 states or regions

Afghanistan currently has 34 state or regional pages and 1,542 listed city pages in this dataset.

A named location reference is Kabul.

National timezone structure

The location data for Afghanistan lists 5 time-zone identifiers. Different identifiers can still show the same current time.

What the national time view tells you

The displayed reference follows Asia/Dushanbe, with a current UTC offset of GMT+5. A positive offset is ahead of UTC; a negative offset is behind it.

The 5 identifiers recorded for Afghanistan can reflect different historical rules or aliases, as well as different current offsets. Their count is not a count of distinct current clock readings.

For a future event, record the city, date and time zone together. Today's UTC offset may not apply on the event date if either location changes its clocks seasonally.

If you already know the likely destination, the fastest next move is usually one of the major city pages such as time in Kabul, time in Kandahar, and time in Ghazni.

Regional routes inside Afghanistan

Representative daylight in Afghanistan

Using Ashkāsham as the mapped daylight reference, sunrise is 06:16, sunset is 17:44, and estimated day length is 11 hr 28 min.

Sunrise and sunset vary with the date, latitude, longitude and local horizon. Even locations sharing the same civil time can have different daylight hours.

Quick answers about time in Afghanistan

What time is it in Afghanistan right now?

This page shows the current national reference time for Afghanistan as 07:05:33 on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

Does Afghanistan use one time zone or several?

The location data lists 5 time-zone identifiers for Afghanistan. Some can share a current offset or be aliases; compare the actual city clocks before assuming the times differ.

Should I use the country page, a state page, or a city page?

Use the country page for the national structure, a state page for regional context, and a city page when the exact local clock is the real answer.

Which place is the main reference inside Afghanistan?

The clock follows Asia/Dushanbe. The mapped daylight reference is Ashkāsham; it does not represent daylight everywhere in Afghanistan.

How do I move from the country view to the most useful local pages?

Start with regional pages such as current local time in Kabul, current local time in Kandahar, and current local time in Ghazni, or jump straight to major city clocks like time in Kabul and time in Kandahar.

How do I compare Afghanistan with another country?

The quickest route is the compare tool or the built-in country links such as time in India and time in United States.

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