Ashgabat — Asia/Ashgabat
The current local time in the Asia/Ashgabat IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Turkmenistan in the area around Ashgabat. The zone is currently at UTC +05:00 · GMT+5 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Asia/Ashgabat
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+5
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Asia/Ashgabat
Ashgabat vs. major cities
How far Ashgabat is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Ashgabat, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Ashgabat | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −12 h | 21:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | +0:30 h | 09:30 | 09:00–16:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Beijing · China | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Ashgabat time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Ashgabat
Since 1970, Ashgabat has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 10 of 57 years. Since 1992 it has stayed on UTC +05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Ashgabat stays on UTC +05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1980 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1981–1990 | UTC +05:00, DST UTC +06:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September (since 1985) |
| 1991 | UTC +04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1992–2026 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Ashgabat
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Asia/Ashgabat on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Asia/Almaty Aqtau Asia/Aqtau Aqtobe Asia/Aqtobe Atyrau Asia/Atyrau Dushanbe Asia/Dushanbe Karachi Asia/Karachi Oral Asia/Oral Qostanay Asia/Qostanay Qyzylorda Asia/Qyzylorda Samarkand Asia/Samarkand Tashkent Asia/Tashkent Yekaterinburg Asia/Yekaterinburg Mawson Antarctica/Mawson Vostok Antarctica/Vostok Kerguelen Indian/Kerguelen Maldives Indian/Maldives More references for Asia/Ashgabat
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