Sunrise and sunset in Dhaka
Calculated for Dhaka (23.810°N, 90.413°E) from the sun's position, in Bangladesh Standard Time. Bangladesh keeps a single time zone, so times shift by up to half an hour between the eastern hills and the western border.
Tomorrow
Saturday, 17 October 2026
🌅 Sunrise
🌇 Sunset
⏳ Daylight
1 minute shorter than today.
Divisional cities today
The sun rises in Sylhet before it reaches the western border.
| City | First light | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Last light | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka | 05:33 | 05:56 | 11:44 | 17:32 | 17:55 | 11:36 |
| Chattogram | 05:27 | 05:49 | 11:39 | 17:28 | 17:50 | 11:38 |
| Rajshahi | 05:41 | 06:04 | 11:51 | 17:39 | 18:02 | 11:35 |
| Khulna | 05:36 | 05:59 | 11:47 | 17:36 | 17:59 | 11:37 |
| Barishal | 05:33 | 05:55 | 11:44 | 17:33 | 17:56 | 11:38 |
| Sylhet | 05:28 | 05:51 | 11:38 | 17:25 | 17:48 | 11:34 |
| Rangpur | 05:39 | 06:02 | 11:49 | 17:35 | 17:58 | 11:33 |
| Mymensingh | 05:34 | 05:57 | 11:44 | 17:31 | 17:54 | 11:35 |
Sunrise and sunset by district
All 64 districts, each with its own daily figures.
Sunrise and sunset questions for Dhaka
What time is sunrise in Dhaka today?
The sun rises at 05:56 today in Dhaka, Bangladesh Standard Time.
What time is sunset in Dhaka today?
The sun sets at 17:32 today in Dhaka.
How long is the day in Dhaka today?
Today runs to 11:36 of daylight between sunrise and sunset. Tomorrow will be 1 minute shorter than today.
When is golden hour in Dhaka?
The morning golden hour runs from sunrise at 05:56 until 06:26, and the evening golden hour from 17:02 until sunset at 17:32.
Times are computed from each district's coordinates and account for atmospheric refraction and the width of the solar disc. Local terrain - a ridge in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, for instance - can hide the sun for several minutes either side of these figures.
Why sunrise time differs across Bangladesh
🧭 One time zone, a country wide enough to matter
Bangladesh spans roughly 6 degrees of longitude from Panchagarh in the far northwest to Teknaf in the southeast, and the whole country keeps a single clock, Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00). The sun, however, does not respect a single time zone: it rises and sets earlier the further east a place sits. That gap between true solar time and the clock is why sunrise and sunset in Sylhet or Bandarban, near the eastern border, run noticeably earlier than in Rajshahi or Kushtia on the western side, even though every district shows the same clock time.
🌇 Golden hour and the practical uses of this page
Day length also changes with the season: Bangladesh's mid-latitude position means summer days run noticeably longer than winter ones, with the difference most visible around the June and December solstices. The golden hour windows shown for each district - the soft, warm light shortly after sunrise and before sunset - are commonly used for photography, and the sunrise and sunset times themselves are widely used to time Islamic prayers (Fajr and Maghrib in particular) and the daily fast during Ramadan, alongside farming and fishing schedules along the coast and the river systems.