DhakaBangladesh
Current time in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Friday, 25 September 2026
Bangladesh Standard TimeUTC+06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDhaka time at a glance
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Location
- Capital city of Bangladesh
- Time zone
Asia/Dhaka- UTC offset now
UTC+06:00- Current zone label
- GMT+6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Dhaka time guide
Does Dhaka change its clocks?
UTC+06:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+06:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Dhaka
- Dhaka and London
- 6 hours ahead of GMT; 5 hours ahead of BST
- Dhaka and New York
- 11 hours ahead of EST; 10 hours ahead of EDT
Two city corporations
Dhaka is not one municipal reporting unit
Dhaka City Corporation was divided into separate north and south city corporations in 2011. Dhaka North reports 196.22 km² across 10 zones and 54 wards, so figures for one corporation, both corporations, the district and the wider metropolitan area describe different boundaries.
Time-zone identity for Dhaka
- IANA zone
Asia/Dhaka- UTC offset now
- UTC+06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+6
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Dhaka is currently 6 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Dhaka
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Dhaka
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Dhaka, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Bangladesh
- Administrative area
- Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
- Population
- 10,356,500
- Coordinates
- 23.7104° N, 90.4074° E. The elevation is 23 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Dhaka
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Dhaka. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MotijheelDhaka Division, Bangladesh2.3 km northeast
Asia/DhakaSame local time - Ramna MaidanDhaka Division, Bangladesh2.7 km north
Asia/DhakaSame local time - PaltanDhaka Division, Bangladesh3 km north
Asia/DhakaSame local time - AzimpurDhaka Division, Bangladesh3.1 km northwest
Asia/DhakaSame local time - DukuriaDhaka Division, Bangladesh3.4 km west
Asia/DhakaSame local time - DhanmondiDhaka Division, Bangladesh4 km northwest
Asia/DhakaSame local time
Sources for Dhaka time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Location and areaDhaka North City Corporation · Current municipal page accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial area, zone and ward context for Dhaka North City Corporation.