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Time in Beijing, China now

10:07:04PM

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Maundy Thursday (Easter) / Bat Appreciation Day

Sun: ↑ 05:32AM ↓ 06:56PM (13h 24m) - More info - Make Beijing time default - Remove from favorite locations

Time zone info for Beijing

UTC +8

China Standard Time (CST)
now 12 hours ahead of New York

The time in Beijing is 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 12 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Beijing has not had daylight saving time since 1991.
The IANA time zone identifier for Beijing is Asia/Shanghai.

Time difference
from Beijing

Los Angeles	−15 hours	−15 hours
Chicago	−13 hours	−13 hours
New York	−12 hours	−12 hours
Toronto	−12 hours	−12 hours
São Paulo	−11 hours	−11 hours
UTC	−8 hours	−8 hours
Lagos	−7 hours	−7 hours
London	−7 hours	−7 hours
Cairo	−6 hours	−6 hours
Johannesburg	−6 hours	−6 hours
Paris	−6 hours	−6 hours
Zurich	−6 hours	−6 hours
Istanbul	−5 hours	−5 hours
Moscow	−5 hours	−5 hours
Dubai	−4 hours	−4 hours
Mumbai	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Hong Kong	0
Shanghai	0
Singapore	0
Tokyo	+1 hours
Sydney	+2 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Beijing

Sunrise: 05:32AM
Sunset: 06:56PM
Day length: 13h 24m
Solar noon: 12:14PM
The current local time in Beijing is 14 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.