Madagascar
Time now in Sambotsy
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:05Sunset 05:42Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Indian/Antananarivo
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
—
Sunrise
06:05
Sunset
05:42
Day length
11h 37m
Coordinates
-17.90, 47.35
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About the time in Sambotsy
The zone identifier Indian/Antananarivo is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Indian/Antananarivo keeps pointing at Antananarivo time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Sambotsy runs on Indian/Antananarivo, 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.
Sambotsy sits at latitude -17.90, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 11h 37m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Sambotsy
- What are normal business hours in Sambotsy in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Sambotsy runs from 06:00–14:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Sambotsy?
- Sambotsy is UTC +3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- When do the sun rise and set in Sambotsy today?
- Sunrise is at 06:05 and sunset at 05:42, giving 11h 37m of daylight.
- What time is it in Sambotsy right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Sambotsy, updating every second from Indian/Antananarivo (UTC +3).
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