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Time in Abū Kabīr, Sharqia, Egypt now

09:21:54PM

Thursday, 23 April, 2026, week 17

World Book and Copyright Day

Abū Kabīr switches to daylight saving time at 12:00AM on Friday, 24 April. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:17AM ↓ 06:26PM (13h 9m) - More info - Make Abū Kabīr time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Abū Kabīr

UTC +2

Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 24 April 2026: UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
The time in Abū Kabīr is normally 6 or 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Abū Kabīr can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Egypt brings back DST
The IANA time zone identifier for Abū Kabīr is Africa/Cairo.

Friday October 31 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time was set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Friday April 24 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time will be set forward one hour from 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Abū Kabīr

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Abū Kabīr

Sunrise: 05:17AM
Sunset: 06:26PM
Day length: 13h 9m
Solar noon: 11:52AM
The current local time in Abū Kabīr is 8 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Abū Kabīr on the map

Location: Sharqia, Egypt
Latitude: 30.73. Longitude: 31.67
Population: 154,000

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