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Zastron, Zuid-Afrika
04:29:28 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Huidige lokale tijd
04:29:28 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Tijdzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Volgende feestdag
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Zakelijke overlap nu
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Zastron right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
BFN
Bram Fischer International Airport · 154 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 04:29:28 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Zastron (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
10°C, Light rain
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 97% · Wind 10 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:40 AM to 05:37 PM
Day length 10h 57m · Solar noon 12:09 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Zastron local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Apple WWDC 2026
keynotemaandag 8 juni 2026
39 days to go
Apple WWDC 2026
keynotemaandag 8 juni 2026
39 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynotewoensdag 10 juni 2026
41 days to go
FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Match
sportsdonderdag 11 juni 2026
42 days to go
Olivia Rodrigo - You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
release-albumvrijdag 12 juni 2026
43 days to go
UFC Freedom 250 at the White House
culturezondag 14 juni 2026
45 days to go
Population
18.7K
Coordinates
-30.30, 27.08
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Zuid-Afrika, Zastron (rank #258 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 18.7K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 30.30°S, 27.08°E put Zastron roughly 3364 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Southern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:40 AM and sets around 05:37 PM in Zastron — about 10h 57m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Mohale's Hoek (41 km from Zastron) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Zuid-Afrika.
Zastron planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Workers' Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
SAST
IANA Zone
Africa/Johannesburg
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
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 Zastron.
Zastron is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, some 30 km from the border of Lesotho. It is situated at the foot of Aasvoëlberg, named for the rare Cape vultures attracted by a feeding project a short distance out of town. The township is named "Matlakeng", Sesotho for Vultures. A curious rock formation in the mountain, Die Oog, has been adopted as the town's unofficial emblem.
Distance-wise, Zastron is closest to Dubai (~6,864 km), São Paulo (~7,221 km), Singapore (~8,815 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,741 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Zastron sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Zastron, the nearest mapped reference cities are Mohale's Hoek (41 km), Mafeteng (55 km), Aliwal North (56 km), Quthing (60 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Zastron: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Zuid-Afrika.
Closest curated airport references from Zastron: BFN Bloemfontein (154 km), ELS East London (312 km), DUR Durban (396 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 154 km from Zastron
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 312 km from Zastron
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 396 km from Zastron
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 433 km from Zastron
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 18m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 477 km from Zastron
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 22m
Exchange snapshot
1 ZAR = 0.051 EUR · 1 ZAR = 0.045 GBP · 1 ZAR = 0.060 USD
As of 2026-04-29
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:29 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 10:29 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 07:29 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:29 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:29 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:29 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:29 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:29 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 154 km away
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 312 km away
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 396 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 433 km away
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 477 km away
Zastron bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Zastron hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Zastron is UTC+02:00.
Zastron sits at 30.30°S, 27.08°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 18.7K residents (rank #258 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Zastron is Dubai, about 6,864 km away as the crow flies.
Mohale's Hoek is the closest indexed city, roughly 41 km from Zastron.
Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) is the closest curated airport reference, about 154 km from Zastron.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
