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Karbala, Irak
10:14:38 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad
Karbala
City in Karbala Governorate, Iraq
Heure locale actuelle
10:14:38 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
AST
Asia/Baghdad · UTC+03:00
Prochain jour férié
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Karbala right now
Aéroport le plus proche
BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 75 km
Aéroports indexés
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 10:14:38 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Karbala (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
25°C, Clear sky
Feels like 27°C · Humidity 59% · Wind 9 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:18 AM to 06:43 PM
Day length 13h 25m · Solar noon 12:01 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Karbala local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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11 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
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13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallundi 18 mai 2026
19 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemardi 19 mai 2026
20 days to go
Population
1.2M
Coordinates
32.62, 44.02
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Aéroports indexés
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Read time for Karbala from the Asia/Baghdad zone (AST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 1.2M residents and ranks #7 among curated Irak entries.
The coordinates 32.62°N, 44.02°E put Karbala roughly 3620 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:18 AM and sets around 06:43 PM in Karbala — about 13h 25m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Al Hindīyah (20 km from Karbala) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Irak.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Baghdad
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+03:00
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria
Other cities in this timezone
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Karbala.
Karbala is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate. With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second-largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad. The city is located about a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is one of the main political, spiritual, and cultural hubs of Shi'a Islam.
Distance-wise, Karbala is closest to Dubai (~1,369 km), London (~4,121 km), Singapore (~7,131 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,395 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Karbala sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Around Karbala, the nearest mapped reference cities are Al Hindīyah (20 km), Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah (26 km), Al Musayyib (31 km), Al Maḩāwīl (36 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Karbala: BGW Baghdad (75 km), EBL Arbil (403 km), BSR Basra (414 km).
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBGW
Baghdad · 75 km from Karbala
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 403 km from Karbala
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 16m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 414 km from Karbala
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 17m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 418 km from Karbala
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 17m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
No historical event snapshot is currently available for this date.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:14 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:14 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:14 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:14 AM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 03:14 PM | +5h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 04:14 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 05:14 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:14 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Karbala est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Baghdad (AST), avec un décalage UTC de +03:00.
Karbala n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Karbala est UTC+03:00.
Karbala sits at 32.62°N, 44.02°E in Irak, with about 1.2M residents (rank #7 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Karbala is Dubai, about 1,369 km away as the crow flies.
Al Hindīyah is the closest indexed city, roughly 20 km from Karbala.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 75 km from Karbala.
