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Balkh, Afganistan
09:29:57 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Kabul
Güncel yerel saat
09:29:57 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Saat dilimi
AFT
Asia/Kabul · UTC+04:30
Sonraki tatil
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Şu an iş saati örtüşmesi
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Reference markets are overlapping with Balkh right now
En yakın havalimanı
KBL
Kabul International Airport · 321 km
İndekslenen havalimanları
1
Curated airport references available for Afganistan
Snapshot at render time: 09:29:57 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Balkh (UTC+04:30, AFT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
21°C, Clear sky
Feels like 20°C · Humidity 46% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:09 AM to 06:49 PM
Day length 13h 40m · Solar noon 11:59 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Balkh local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
114.9K
Coordinates
36.76, 66.90
Timezone
Asia/Kabul
İndekslenen havalimanları
1
Capital
Kabul
Languages
Dari, Pashto
Currency
AFN (؋)
Country area
652,230 km²
Read time for Balkh from the Asia/Kabul zone (AFT, UTC+04:30); the city carries roughly 114.9K residents and ranks #8 among curated Afganistan entries.
Balkh sits at 36.76°N, 66.90°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4080 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:09 AM and sets around 06:49 PM in Balkh — about 13h 40m of daylight. Afganistan stays on standard time here, so UTC+04:30 is stable through the year.
Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km from Balkh) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Afganistan.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
AFT
IANA Zone
Asia/Kabul
UTC Offset
UTC+04:30
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+04:30
Afghanistan
Other cities in this timezone
London
-3h 30m
New York
-8h 30m
Los Angeles
-11h 30m
Dubai
-0h 30m
Singapore
+3h 30m
Tokyo
+4h 30m
Sydney
+5h 30m
São Paulo
-7h 30m
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 Balkh.
On this page Balkh stands in for the local-time signal in this part of Afganistan; the sections below pull live data rather than templated copy.
Reading Balkh against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,694 km), London (~5,390 km), Singapore (~5,462 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~13,584 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Balkh sits inside Afganistan — the Southern Asia subregion, capital Kabul, languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, currency AFN (؋).
The closest mapped neighbors of Balkh are Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km), Tirmiz (62 km), Khulm (72 km), Shibirghān (102 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Closest curated airport references from Balkh: KBL Kabul (321 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Kabul International AirportKBL
Kabul · 321 km from Balkh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 10m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:59 PM | -3h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:59 PM | -8h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:59 AM | -11h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:59 PM | -0h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:59 AM | +3h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:59 AM | +4h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:59 AM | +5h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:59 PM | -7h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
Balkh, Asia/Kabul saat dilimindedir (AFT), UTC farkı +04:30'dir.
Balkh şu anda yaz saati uygulaması yapmamaktadır.
Balkh için güncel UTC farkı UTC+04:30'dir.
Balkh sits at 36.76°N, 66.90°E in Afganistan, with about 114.9K residents (rank #8 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Balkh is Dubai, about 1,694 km away as the crow flies.
Mazār-e Sharīf is the closest indexed city, roughly 20 km from Balkh.
Kabul International Airport (KBL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 321 km from Balkh.
