Mashhad, Iran · UTC+3:30
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Mashhad is Iran’s second-largest city and one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Shia Islam, receiving tens of millions of pilgrims annually who come to the shrine of Imam Reza. It runs on Iran Standard Time, UTC+3:30, with daylight saving pushing it to UTC+4:30 in summer. Iran’s 30-minute offset puts it in unusual company: most of its neighbors use whole-hour increments.
Iran has maintained its distinctive half-hour offset since 1945, when it set the clock at the meridian running through Tehran rather than rounding to the nearest hour. This creates a perpetual scheduling wrinkle for anyone coordinating with neighboring countries: Afghanistan (UTC+4:30) shares the half-hour sensibility, but Turkey (UTC+3), Iraq (UTC+3), and Pakistan (UTC+5) all use whole-hour offsets.
pilgrimage city beyond the civil clock
The pilgrimage to Mashhad operates on its own rhythms. The shrine complex is open for ziyarat (visiting) twenty-four hours a day, accommodating pilgrims on buses arriving at 3am, noon, and midnight. Civil time is a scheduling framework, but the actual city runs whenever people need it to.
9am in Mashhad is 5:30am in London during European winter, that 30-minute offset making the calculation slightly pause.
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Questions about time in Mashhad
- What timezone is Mashhad in?
- Mashhad uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Tehran. The UTC offset is always UTC+3:30 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Mashhad observe daylight saving time?
- No. Mashhad does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+3:30 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Mashhad?
- Mashhad is currently at UTC+3:30.
- What is the time difference between Mashhad and New York?
- Mashhad is currently 7 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Mashhad and London?
- Mashhad is currently 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Mashhad and Los Angeles?
- Mashhad is currently 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Mashhad and Tokyo?
- Mashhad is currently 5 hours 30 minutes behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Mashhad?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Mashhad is
Asia/Tehran. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Tehran' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Tehran')`), or any IANA-compatible library.