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Ar Rastan, Siria
07:24:48 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Damascus

Al-Rastan
City in Homs, Syria
Ora locale attuale
07:24:48 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
GMT+3
Asia/Damascus · UTC+03:00
Prossima festività
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ar Rastan right now
Aeroporto più vicino
ALP
Aleppo International Airport · 146 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
2
Curated airport references available for Siria
Snapshot at render time: 07:24:48 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Ar Rastan (UTC+03:00, GMT+3).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
15°C, Clear sky
Feels like 14°C · Humidity 80% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:44 AM to 07:16 PM
Day length 13h 32m · Solar noon 12:30 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ar Rastan local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
The Mandalorian and Grogu
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23 days to go
Pentecost 2026
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25 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslunedì 25 maggio 2026
26 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
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26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
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27 days to go
007 First Light
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28 days to go
Population
53.2K
Coordinates
34.93, 36.73
Timezone
Asia/Damascus
Aeroporti indicizzati
2
Capital
Damascus
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SYP (£)
Country area
185,180 km²
For Siria, Ar Rastan (rank #26 by population in this dataset) reads GMT+3, UTC+03:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Damascus, and the city's roughly 53.2K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 34.93°N, 36.73°E put Ar Rastan roughly 3877 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 05:44 AM and sets around 07:16 PM in Ar Rastan — about 13h 32m of daylight. Siria stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Tallbīsah (10 km from Ar Rastan) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Siria.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
GMT+3
IANA Zone
Asia/Damascus
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
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 Ar Rastan.
Al-Rastan is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of its administrative capital Homs and 22 kilometers (14 mi) from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Murayj al-Durr to the northeast, Tumin to the north, Deir al-Fardis to the northwest and Kafr Nan and the Houla village cluster to the west. Ar-Rastan had a population of nearly 40,000 in 2004.
Distance-wise, Ar Rastan is closest to Dubai (~2,081 km), London (~3,456 km), Singapore (~7,847 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,116 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Ar Rastan sits inside Siria — the Western Asia subregion, capital Damascus, languages Arabic, currency SYP (£).
Around Ar Rastan, the nearest mapped reference cities are Tallbīsah (10 km), Kafr Lāhā (22 km), Homs (23 km), Ḩamāh (23 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for GMT+3 planning.
Closest curated airport references from Ar Rastan: ALP Aleppo (146 km), DAM Damascus (170 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Aleppo International AirportALP
Aleppo · 146 km from Ar Rastan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Damascus International AirportDAM
Damascus · 170 km from Ar Rastan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 58m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:24 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:24 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:24 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:24 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:24 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:24 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:24 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:24 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ar Rastan si trova nel fuso orario Asia/Damascus (GMT+3), con uno scostamento UTC di +03:00.
Ar Rastan non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Ar Rastan è UTC+03:00.
Ar Rastan sits at 34.93°N, 36.73°E in Siria, with about 53.2K residents (rank #26 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ar Rastan is Dubai, about 2,081 km away as the crow flies.
Tallbīsah is the closest indexed city, roughly 10 km from Ar Rastan.
Aleppo International Airport (ALP) is the closest curated airport reference, about 146 km from Ar Rastan.