Current time in Ala'er, China right now
It is 7:14 pm in Ala'er, China 🇨🇳 right now, on Saturday, September 26, 2026. The city keeps Asia/Urumqi, which is UTC+6 at UTC+6, so Ala'er is 6 hours ahead of UTC, where it is 1:14 pm. The sun rose in Ala'er at 6:26 am and sets at 6:26 pm, which is 12 hours of daylight.
What time is it in Ala'er right now?
The time in Ala'er, China is 7:14 pm, 19:14 on a 24 hour clock, on Saturday September 26, 2026. The reading above ticks from your own device against the Asia/Urumqi rules, so it stays right through a clock change rather than drifting an hour out twice a year.
Ala'er sits at 40.54 degrees north and 81.27 degrees east, at a middle latitude and 4,508 km from the equator. Its clock is set to a zone whose nominal meridian is 90.0 degrees east, and the city itself is 8.7 degrees west of that line. Those 8.7 degrees are worth 34 minutes 56 seconds of sun time, which is most of why solar noon here lands at 12:26 pm rather than on the stroke of twelve.
Ala'er time zone and UTC offset
The IANA zone for Ala'er, China is Asia/Urumqi. Right now it is running at UTC+6 and the abbreviation in force is UTC+6. Ala'er does not change its clocks at any point in the year. The offset stays at UTC+6 in January and in July alike, so no conversion involving Ala'er ever needs a seasonal footnote.
Daylight hours in Ala'er today
The sun rose in Ala'er at 6:26 am and sets at 6:26 pm, which is 12 hours of daylight. Solar noon, the instant the sun stands at its highest over Ala'er, is at 12:26 pm, which is 26 minutes after clock noon. The sun's declination today is -1.27 degrees, so at this latitude it reaches about 48.2 degrees above the horizon at its highest, to the south.
| Reading | Time in Ala'er |
|---|---|
| Sunrise | 6:26 am |
| Sunset | 6:26 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:26 pm |
| Day length | 12 hours |
| Evening golden hour | 5:50 pm to 6:43 pm |
| Civil twilight ends | 6:53 pm |
The full month by month picture for this city, the extremes of the year and every twilight band are on the sunrise and sunset page for Ala'er, which works from the same coordinates.
Where Ala'er is on the map
The marker sits at the coordinates this whole page is computed from, so the sun times, the distances and the solar noon above all belong to this exact point rather than to the wider metropolitan area.
An interactive map of Ala'er. It loads when you scroll to it, so it costs nothing to the rest of the page. Open Ala'er on OpenStreetMap instead if you prefer.
Time difference between Ala'er and major cities
Every row below is computed at this instant, so daylight saving on either side is already in it. A positive figure means that city's clock reads later than Ala'er.
| City | Local time | Gap | Relative to Ala'er |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, California | 6:14 am | -13 | 13 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Chicago, Illinois | 8:14 am | -11 | 11 hours behind of Ala'er |
| New York, New York | 9:14 am | -10 | 10 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Toronto, Canada | 9:14 am | -10 | 10 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Sao Paulo, Brazil | 10:14 am | -9 | 9 hours behind of Ala'er |
| London, United Kingdom | 2:14 pm | -5 | 5 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Paris, France | 3:14 pm | -4 | 4 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Berlin, Germany | 3:14 pm | -4 | 4 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 3:14 pm | -4 | 4 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Moscow, Russia | 4:14 pm | -3 | 3 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 5:14 pm | -2 | 2 hours behind of Ala'er |
| Delhi, India | 6:44 pm | -0:30 | 30 minutes behind of Ala'er |
| Singapore, Singapore | 9:14 pm | +2 | 2 hours ahead of Ala'er |
| Hong Kong, China | 9:14 pm | +2 | 2 hours ahead of Ala'er |
| Tokyo, Japan | 10:14 pm | +3 | 3 hours ahead of Ala'er |
| Sydney, Australia | 11:14 pm | +4 | 4 hours ahead of Ala'er |
Best time to call Ala'er
Treating a working day as 9am to 6pm on both sides, this is the window the two cities genuinely share. Some of these pairs have no shared working hour at all, which is worth knowing before a meeting is proposed.
| Calling from | Gap | Window in Ala'er | Their local time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | -10 | no shared hour | no shared hour |
| Los Angeles | -13 | no shared hour | no shared hour |
| London | -5 | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm |
| Delhi | -0:30 | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm |
| Sydney | +4 | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
Other cities in China
We cover 708 cities in China. These are the ones nearest to Ala'er, with the time on their clocks right now.
| City | Region | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqsu | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Xincheng | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Tumxuk | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Xinyuan | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Ghulja | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Huocheng | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Gujangbagh | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Shache | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Korla | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Artux | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Kashgar | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Bole | Xinjiang | 9:14 pm | UTC+8 |
| Shihezi | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Changji | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| Karamay | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
| UEruemqi | Xinjiang | 7:14 pm | UTC+6 |
Cities on Asia/Urumqi time
21 of our cities keep Asia/Urumqi, so every one of them reads 7:14 pm at this moment and changes its clocks on the same night as Ala'er. Nearest first:
| City | Local time | From Ala'er |
|---|---|---|
| Aqsu, China | 7:14 pm | 109 km |
| Xincheng, China | 7:14 pm | 191 km |
| Tumxuk, China | 7:14 pm | 202 km |
| Xinyuan, China | 7:14 pm | 360 km |
| Ghulja, China | 7:14 pm | 375 km |
| Huocheng, China | 7:14 pm | 392 km |
| Gujangbagh, China | 7:14 pm | 399 km |
| Shache, China | 7:14 pm | 418 km |
| Korla, China | 7:14 pm | 431 km |
| Artux, China | 7:14 pm | 442 km |
| Kashgar, China | 7:14 pm | 465 km |
| Shihezi, China | 7:14 pm | 573 km |
| Changji, China | 7:14 pm | 629 km |
| Karamay, China | 7:14 pm | 633 km |
| UEruemqi, China | 7:14 pm | 635 km |
| Wujiaqu, China | 7:14 pm | 653 km |
Moon phase over Ala'er tonight
The moon is a waning gibbous tonight, 15.4 days into its cycle and about 100% lit. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 at 10:48 pm Urumqi time, and the next new moon on October 10, 2026 at 9:49 pm. Both are the same instant everywhere on Earth, printed here on the Ala'er clock, which is why the calendar date can differ from the one a reader further east or west sees.
When the clocks change in Ala'er
There is no clock change scheduled in Asia/Urumqi within the next 400 days, so Ala'er stays at UTC+6 for the whole of that stretch.
That makes Ala'er an easy city to schedule against: a meeting fixed at a given hour here holds its relationship to UTC all year, and only the other end of the call can move.
How far Ala'er is from other cities
Great-circle distance, computed from the coordinates rather than road mileage. The nearest city we cover to Ala'er is Aqsu, China at 109 km, and the furthest is Osorno, Chile at 17,860 km, which is 89% of the way to being exactly opposite.
| City | km | miles | Direction | Their time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqsu, China | 109 | 68 | north west | 7:14 pm |
| Xincheng, China | 191 | 119 | north east | 7:14 pm |
| Tumxuk, China | 202 | 125 | west | 7:14 pm |
| Xinyuan, China | 360 | 224 | north east | 7:14 pm |
| Ghulja, China | 375 | 233 | north | 7:14 pm |
| Huocheng, China | 392 | 243 | north | 7:14 pm |
| Gujangbagh, China | 399 | 248 | south | 7:14 pm |
| Shache, China | 418 | 260 | south west | 7:14 pm |
| Korla, China | 431 | 268 | east | 7:14 pm |
| Artux, China | 442 | 275 | west | 7:14 pm |
The antipode of Ala'er
Dig straight through the centre of the Earth from Ala'er, China and you come out at 40.54 degrees south, 98.73 degrees west. That point is in the South Pacific Ocean. The nearest city in our catalogue to it is Osorno, Chile, 2,155 km away from the antipode itself, where the clock currently reads 10:14 am on Saturday.
The antipode is worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator and swinging the longitude a half turn: 40.54 degrees north becomes 40.54 degrees south, and 81.27 degrees east becomes 98.73 degrees west. Two thirds of the planet is ocean and the land is unevenly spread, so most antipodes are open water: Ala'er is no exception. The local time at the antipode runs close to UTC-6, roughly twelve hours from Ala'er, because a half turn of longitude is a half turn of the day.
Sunrise and sunset in Ala'er
Today the sun rises in Ala'er at 6:26 am and sets at 6:26 pm, giving 12 hours of daylight. The dedicated page for this city carries the month by month table, the longest and shortest days of 2026, the golden and blue hour bands at both ends of the day, and all three twilight stages: sunrise and sunset times in Ala'er.
Sun and moon in Ala'er today
The sun is up in Ala'er for 12 hours today, from 6:26 am to 6:26 pm. The moon sets in Ala'er at 5:49 am and comes up again at 6:04 pm. The next phase is the full moon on September 26, 2026. The moon is full, or as near to it as makes no difference, and the whole of the face turned towards us is lit.
| Sun | Time in Ala'er |
|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 4:55 am |
| Nautical dawn | 5:27 am |
| Civil dawn | 5:59 am |
| Sunrise | 6:26 am |
| Solar noon | 12:26 pm |
| Sunset | 6:26 pm |
| Civil dusk | 6:53 pm |
| Nautical dusk | 7:25 pm |
| Astronomical dusk | 7:57 pm |
Twilight is graded by how far the sun has dropped below the horizon. Civil twilight ends six degrees down, which is roughly the point at which you need a light to read outside. Nautical twilight ends at twelve degrees, when the horizon at sea stops being usable for a sextant sight. Astronomical twilight ends at eighteen degrees, which is full darkness for an observer.
| Light band | Time in Ala'er | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 5:59 am to 6:09 am | 0h 11m |
| Morning golden hour | 6:09 am to 7:02 am | 0h 53m |
| Evening golden hour | 5:50 pm to 6:43 pm | 0h 53m |
| Evening blue hour | 6:43 pm to 6:53 pm | 0h 11m |
Golden hour is the stretch with the sun between six degrees above the horizon and four below it, and blue hour runs from there down to six degrees below. Neither is literally an hour: each is as long as the sun takes to cross those few degrees, which is minutes near the equator and can be most of the evening at high latitude.
| Moon | Reading in Ala'er |
|---|---|
| Moonrise | 6:04 pm |
| Moonset | 5:49 am |
| Phase | full moon, waxing |
| Illumination | 100% of the disc lit |
| Moon age | 15.1 days since the new moon |
| Distance | 381,300 km |
Moonrise and moonset are computed to the moment the moon's upper edge touches a flat horizon, allowing for refraction, for the size of the disc and for the moon's parallax, which together put the centre of the moon at 0.125 degrees above the horizon at the instant it rises. That is a different horizon from the one sunrise uses, and it is why a moonrise time cannot be worked out with a sunrise formula.
Meeting planner: Ala'er and four other places
Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026 in Ala'er, China, read across 4 other places. Columns are Ala'er local hours. A shaded cell is an hour inside 9 to 5 there, and a solid one is an hour inside 9 to 5 everywhere in the grid.
Change the places or the date
| Ala'er local hour | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala'erUTC+6 UTC+6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Los AngelesPDT UTC-7 | 11-1 | 12-1 | 13-1 | 14-1 | 15-1 | 16-1 | 17-1 | 18-1 | 19-1 | 20-1 | 21-1 | 22-1 | 23-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| New YorkEDT UTC-4 | 14-1 | 15-1 | 16-1 | 17-1 | 18-1 | 19-1 | 20-1 | 21-1 | 22-1 | 23-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| LondonBST UTC+1 | 19-1 | 20-1 | 21-1 | 22-1 | 23-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| DelhiIST UTC+5:30 | 23:30-1 | 0:30 | 1:30 | 2:30 | 3:30 | 4:30 | 5:30 | 6:30 | 7:30 | 8:30 | 9:30 | 10:30 | 11:30 | 12:30 | 13:30 | 14:30 | 15:30 | 16:30 | 17:30 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 20:30 | 21:30 | 22:30 |
No hour on Saturday, September 26, 2026 is inside 9 to 5 in all 5 places, so nothing is highlighted as a shared working hour. Ala'er and Los Angeles are 13 hours apart, which is more than the eight hour working day leaves room for. The closest is 3 of 5: from 2:00 pm in Ala'er it is working hours in Ala'er, London and Delhi, but outside them in Los Angeles and New York. A meeting across this set has to be early or late for somebody.
Prayer times in Ala'er
Seven days from September 26, 2026, computed for Ala'er, China at 40.54 degrees north, 81.27 degrees east, on the clock of Asia/Urumqi. The method is Muslim World League (Muslim World League, Mecca), which puts Fajr at 18.0 degrees below the horizon and Isha at 17.0 degrees. Asr uses the Standard shadow ratio of 1, which is the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali position.
| Date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday September 26 | 4:55 am | 6:26 am | 12:26 pm | 3:49 pm | 6:26 pm | 7:52 pm |
| Sunday September 27 | 4:56 am | 6:27 am | 12:26 pm | 3:48 pm | 6:24 pm | 7:50 pm |
| Monday September 28 | 4:57 am | 6:28 am | 12:26 pm | 3:47 pm | 6:23 pm | 7:48 pm |
| Tuesday September 29 | 4:58 am | 6:29 am | 12:25 pm | 3:45 pm | 6:21 pm | 7:46 pm |
| Wednesday September 30 | 4:59 am | 6:30 am | 12:25 pm | 3:44 pm | 6:19 pm | 7:45 pm |
| Thursday October 1 | 5:00 am | 6:31 am | 12:25 pm | 3:43 pm | 6:18 pm | 7:43 pm |
| Friday October 2 | 5:01 am | 6:32 am | 12:24 pm | 3:42 pm | 6:16 pm | 7:41 pm |
Dhuhr is solar noon at Ala'er, China, the instant the Sun crosses the local meridian, so it moves with longitude inside the time zone and with the equation of time through the year rather than sitting at a fixed clock reading. Sunrise and Maghrib are the standard refracted horizon, the same 0.833 degrees every almanac uses. Every figure above is computed from the Sun's position for this exact coordinate; none of it is copied from a table.
Different methods disagree, and that is expected rather than an error. Fajr under ISNA at 15 degrees comes later than Fajr under Egyptian General Authority of Survey at 19.5 degrees, by twenty minutes or more depending on latitude and season. Follow whichever your local mosque follows.
Qibla direction from Ala'er
From Ala'er, China the qibla is 254.1 degrees on a true compass, which is west-southwest, or 15.9 degrees north of due west. The Kaaba is 4,431 km away, 2,753 miles, measured over the surface of the Earth.
That figure is the initial bearing of the great circle from Ala'er, China to 21.4225 degrees north, 39.8262 degrees east, which is the Kaaba inside Masjid al-Haram.
The bearing is measured from true north, not magnetic north. A magnetic compass points at the magnetic pole, and the difference between the two can be anything from nothing to more than twenty degrees depending where you are, so check your compass reading against magnetic declination for Ala'er, China before you use it. A phone compass set to true north, or the shadow of a vertical stick at local solar noon, avoids the problem entirely.
Put a Ala'er clock on your site
A live clock showing the current time in Ala'er, China, ready to paste into any page that accepts HTML. It reads Asia/Urumqi from the time zone database, so it stays right when Ala'er changes its clocks, and it shows UTC+6 to every visitor wherever they are reading from. It is a plain iframe: no account, no script to install, nothing to pay.
The box needs 183 pixels of height for these settings, which is what the code above sets, and the numbers show at full size from 305 pixels of width up. Narrower than that they scale down rather than wrapping, and turning a line off makes the box shorter. The code updates with either.
Ala'er time now: common questions
- What time is it in Ala'er, China right now?
- 7:14 pm on Saturday September 26, 2026. Ala'er runs on UTC+6, UTC+6.
- What time zone is Ala'er in?
- Asia/Urumqi, currently UTC+6 at UTC+6. 21 of the cities on this site keep that zone.
- What is the UTC offset for Ala'er?
- UTC+6 at this instant. It is UTC+6 all year round, with no seasonal change.
- Does Ala'er observe daylight saving time?
- No. Ala'er stays on UTC+6 for the whole year.
- How many hours ahead or behind is Ala'er of New York?
- Ala'er is 10 hours ahead of New York, where it is 9:14 am right now.
- What time does the sun set in Ala'er today?
- 6:26 pm, after a sunrise at 6:26 am and 12 hours of daylight.
- What is on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ala'er?
- 40.54 degrees south, 98.73 degrees west, in the South Pacific Ocean.
- When is the best time to call Ala'er from London?
- Between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm in Ala'er, which is 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in London.
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