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Ashkāsham on the map
- Ashkāsham is a city in Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
- Latitude: 36.6833. Longitude: 71.5333
- Timezone: Asia/Dushanbe
Current local time in Afghanistan
UTC+5
Asia/Dushanbe
Afghanistan city pages include local time, time zone, coordinates and nearby comparisons.
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.
Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.
Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.
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.
Live conditions
Weather in Afghanistan now
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Afghanistan
- Sunrise: 04:46
- Sunset: 19:14
- Day length: 14h 29m
- Solar noon: 12:00
- The solar values are estimated from latitude and day of year.
Current time in Afghanistan, with the national view
The current time reference for Afghanistan is 23:11:20 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. A country page is the broadest practical view before the answer splits into states, regions, and individual city clocks.
That makes it useful when the question is national, when you are still narrowing down which region matters, or when you need to understand how the country's time structure is organized before you jump into local pages.
In the current dataset, Kabul is the capital and a practical national reference point, built from 48 matched city records. That helps the national page stay anchored to real places instead of reading like a generic summary.
For a solid mid-tier country page, the priority is national clarity: what the country clock means, how the regional structure is laid out, and which state or city pages deserve attention first.
Afghanistan at a glance
Afghanistan time right now
This page shows 23:11:20 on Tuesday, June 30, 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.
Kabul gives this national page a concrete place to point to when visitors need a named local reference.
National timezone structure
Afghanistan spans 5 recorded time zones in this dataset, which makes the national structure especially important before moving into local pages.
What the national time view tells you
A country page is most useful when the national frame still matters. That may be because the visitor is planning across several regions, because the specific city is not settled yet, or because the country's timezone structure is part of the answer.
Afghanistan spans more than one timezone in this dataset, so the country page needs to explain the national structure before a city or state page can do the precise work.
This is why country content should not read like a larger state page. It needs to explain scale first: how many regional pages exist, where the key city clocks sit, and when a visitor should leave the national layer for a more precise local page.
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
Major city clocks
The fastest city-level references in this country are time in Kabul, time in Kandahar, time in Ghazni, time in Herat, and time in Jalalabad.
Key state and regional pages
If the question is regional rather than city-specific, start with current local time in Kabul, current local time in Kandahar, current local time in Ghazni, current local time in Balkh, and current local time in Herat.
Compare with another country
For cross-country planning, open the compare tool or jump directly to time in India, time in United States, and time in United Kingdom.
Representative daylight in Afghanistan
Using time in Kabul as the representative city reference, sunrise is 04:46, sunset is 19:14, and estimated day length is 14h 29m.
A country page cannot describe the daylight feel of every region at once, but this representative view gives a practical read on the main national clock reference shown on the page.
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 23:11:20 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
Does Afghanistan use one time zone or several?
Afghanistan spans 5 recorded time zones in this dataset, so the state and city pages matter for precise local timing.
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?
This page uses the strongest available national city reference to keep the country view connected to a real local clock instead of a purely abstract national summary.
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.
1,542 cities in Afghanistan