Syria
Time now in Ar Rā‘ī
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:53Sunset 07:13Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Asia/Damascus
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
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Sunrise
05:53
Sunset
07:13
Day length
13h 20m
Coordinates
36.61, 37.45
Time difference from Ar Rā‘ī
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Ar Rā‘ī right now.
Ar Rā‘ī on the map
About the time in Ar Rā‘ī
The zone identifier Asia/Damascus is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Damascus keeps pointing at Damascus time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Ar Rā‘ī sits at latitude 36.61, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 20m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Ar Rā‘ī runs on Asia/Damascus, which puts the city UTC +3 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Ar Rā‘ī
- What are normal business hours in Ar Rā‘ī in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Ar Rā‘ī runs from 06:00–14:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Ar Rā‘ī?
- Ar Rā‘ī is UTC +3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Ar Rā‘ī change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Ar Rā‘ī keeps UTC +3 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Ar Rā‘ī right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Ar Rā‘ī, updating every second from Asia/Damascus (UTC +3).
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