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Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Bukhara Region keeps Uzbekistan Time, UTC+5, all year. There is no daylight saving clock change, and every city and district in the region follows the same official time.

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+5 · Asia/Samarkand

Time and sun data for Bukhara — the largest city of Bukhara

The sun in Bukhara

Sunrise 06:14 Solar noon 12:43 Sunset 19:12 Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 05:46 – 19:39

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Current time in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Bukhara city provides the clearest reference for the region. The time displayed for Bukhara applies equally to Kogon, Gijduvon, and the surrounding settlements. Moving within the region never requires a time-zone adjustment.

Uzbekistan Time is five hours ahead of UTC. Converting a UTC schedule is therefore straightforward: add five hours and check whether the result falls on the following calendar day. For a place west of Bukhara, the local hour will commonly be earlier, although the precise difference depends on that place’s time-zone rules.

Bukhara has enough history to confuse a calendar, but its modern clock is refreshingly uncomplicated. The region does not adopt a summer clock. That makes its relationship with UTC permanent, but not necessarily its relationship with foreign cities. Countries that change their clocks can become an hour nearer to or farther from Bukhara at different times of year.

Bukhara, Kogon, and other urban centres

Bukhara is the administrative centre and the name most widely recognised by international booking systems. Kogon is another significant city nearby, while Gijduvon is an important urban centre elsewhere in the region. Each uses the same national clock.

Choose Bukhara when a device asks for a representative city in the region. Use UTC+5 if the city list does not contain Bukhara. Do not apply a daylight saving adjustment to any regional destination. Confirm the date as well as the hour when an itinerary crosses midnight.

Place-name variants can occur in English: Gijduvon, for example, may appear under a different transliteration. A variant spelling does not indicate a different place-based time rule. When matching transport information, the destination and departure date matter more than the spelling style used by the service.

Reading sunrise information for Bukhara

Sunrise in Bukhara is not fixed to one clock time. It moves gradually through the year as daylight length changes. The calculated time also depends on longitude and latitude, so a listing for Bukhara city is an approximation rather than an exact answer for every part of the region.

Use a date-specific calculation for travel, worship, filming, or outdoor work. Sunrise means the moment the sun’s upper edge is calculated to meet an unobstructed horizon. Buildings, terrain, dust, cloud, and the observer’s exact position can change when direct sunlight is actually seen.

Morning twilight begins before sunrise. If the practical question is when the sky becomes light enough to walk or photograph outdoors, civil dawn may be the more useful entry. For evening plans, consult sunset and the end of twilight rather than estimating them from the morning figures.

Questions and answers
What is Bukhara’s UTC offset?
Bukhara Region observes UTC+5 under Uzbekistan Time.
Do Bukhara and Kogon show the same time?
Yes. They are in the same region and use the same national time zone.
Why does the time difference from my city change?
Bukhara remains on UTC+5, but your city may move its clocks for daylight saving time.

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