Current time in Chittagong, Bangladesh
The current local time in Chittagong is shown below. Chittagong observes BST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Chittagong does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Dhaka
- Standard abbreviation
- BST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Chittagong?
Chittagong sits near 92 degrees east, the easternmost part of densely populated Bangladesh, so the sun reaches noon slightly earlier here than in the capital while both keep the same national clock. The single offset, fixed at independence in 1971 to sit half an hour ahead of India and assert a distinct identity, applies identically along the coast. The port's shipping schedules run to this civil time without the brief seasonal adjustment trialled and then abandoned in 2009.
What are the working hours in Chittagong?
The port governs the working rhythm, with cargo handling, customs, and shipping agencies on extended and shift-based hours that the rest of the formal economy, on a 09:00 to 17:00 day, does not keep. Ship-breaking yards strung along the coast to the north form a large, hazardous, and distinctive local industry that supplies much of the country's steel. Friday and Saturday are the weekend. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha bring the longest closures, their dates moving about eleven days earlier each year against the Gregorian calendar.
Where is Chittagong?
Chittagong lies on the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh where the Karnaphuli River meets the Bay of Bengal, the country's second city and its principal seaport, handling the great majority of national trade. Around 5 million people live in the metropolitan area. Hills rise to the east toward the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Myanmar border, an unusual contrast to the flat deltaic plain that covers most of the rest of the country and gives the region a distinct character.