Khulna, Bangladesh · UTC+6
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Khulna sits at the edge of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest tidal mangrove forest, where the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta dissolves into a maze of waterways before reaching the Bay of Bengal. The city runs on Bangladesh Standard Time, UTC+6, year-round, the same clock as Dhaka. No daylight saving.
Sundarbans, shrimp exports, and tidal schedules
At 23 degrees north, Khulna has moderate seasonal daylight variation. The monsoon season from June through September is the more meaningful annual cycle: the Sundarbans floods, river levels rise, and the fishing and shipping industries shift their operations around the tidal schedule rather than the clock.
Bangladesh moved from UTC+6 to UTC+6:30 during the energy crisis of 2009, advancing clocks by half an hour to reduce evening electricity demand. The change was reversed in 2010 when it proved unpopular. Bangladesh has stayed at UTC+6 since.
Khulna’s shrimp processing industry runs on export schedules timed to European and North American markets. That means cold chain logistics and overnight processing facilities operate regardless of local clock time, another case where global trade overrides solar rhythm.
9am in Khulna is 3am in London, six hours ahead of GMT.
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Questions about time in Khulna
- What timezone is Khulna in?
- Khulna uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Dhaka. The UTC offset is always UTC+6 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Khulna observe daylight saving time?
- No. Khulna does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+6 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Khulna?
- Khulna is currently at UTC+6.
- What is the time difference between Khulna and New York?
- Khulna is currently 10 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Khulna and London?
- Khulna is currently 5 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Khulna and Los Angeles?
- Khulna is currently 13 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Khulna and Tokyo?
- Khulna is currently 3 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Khulna?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Khulna is
Asia/Dhaka. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Dhaka' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Dhaka')`), or any IANA-compatible library.