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Kandahar

The capital of ⁨Kandahar⁩ province

⁨Kandahar⁩ is the capital of ⁨Kandahar⁩ province. All of Afghanistan keeps one clock, Kabul's, but ⁨Kandahar⁩ lies ⁨3.5⁩ degrees west of Kabul, so the sun stands highest 14 minutes later than in Kabul.

Over the year the sun rises in ⁨Kandahar⁩ ⁨7 to 22 min later⁩ than in Kabul, and sets ⁨6 to 21 min later⁩.

⁨Kandahar⁩ lies ⁨2.9⁩ degrees south of Kabul, so its summer days are a little shorter and its winter days a little longer.

The longest day of the year in ⁨Kandahar⁩ lasts ⁨14 h 13 min⁩ (around ⁨1 Saratan⁩), the shortest ⁨10 h 5 min⁩ (around ⁨1 Jadi⁩).

Longest day
14 h 13 min
around ⁨1 Saratan⁩
Shortest day
10 h 5 min
around ⁨1 Jadi⁩
Earliest sunrise
5:01 AM
around ⁨22 Jawza⁩
Latest sunset
7:16 PM
around ⁨2 Saratan⁩

A year of sun in ⁨Kandahar⁩

4:00 AM8:00 AM12:00 PM4:00 PM8:00 PMHamalSawrJawzaSaratanAsadSunbulaMizanAqrabQawsJadiDalwHut
Day, sunrise to sunset ⁨First light⁩ and ⁨Nightfall⁩ Night

Sunrise and sunset in ⁨Kandahar⁩, month by month

This table holds for every year, within two minutes: the Shamsi year follows the sun, so each of its days has nearly the same sunrise and sunset every year. Times are Afghan time, for a flat horizon; behind mountains the sun shows a little later. ⁨30 Hut⁩ comes in leap years only.

Hamal
DayFirst lightSunriseSolar noonSunsetNightfallDay length
15:186:1112:156:197:1112 h 8 min
25:176:0912:146:197:1212 h 10 min
35:166:0812:146:207:1312 h 12 min
45:146:0712:146:217:1412 h 14 min
55:136:0612:136:217:1412 h 16 min
65:126:0412:136:227:1512 h 18 min
75:106:0312:136:237:1612 h 20 min
85:096:0212:126:237:1612 h 22 min
95:086:0112:126:247:1712 h 24 min
105:065:5912:126:257:1812 h 26 min
115:055:5812:126:257:1912 h 27 min
125:045:5712:116:267:1912 h 29 min
135:025:5612:116:277:2012 h 31 min
145:015:5412:116:277:2112 h 33 min
155:005:5312:106:287:2212 h 35 min
164:585:5212:106:297:2212 h 37 min
174:575:5112:106:297:2312 h 39 min
184:565:4912:096:307:2412 h 41 min
194:545:4812:096:317:2512 h 43 min
204:535:4712:096:317:2512 h 45 min
214:525:4612:096:327:2612 h 46 min
224:505:4412:086:337:2712 h 48 min
234:495:4312:086:337:2812 h 50 min
244:485:4212:086:347:2812 h 52 min
254:475:4112:086:357:2912 h 54 min
264:455:4012:076:357:3012 h 56 min
274:445:3912:076:367:3112 h 58 min
284:435:3712:076:377:3212 h 59 min
294:415:3612:076:387:3213 h 1 min
304:405:3512:066:387:3313 h 3 min
314:395:3412:066:397:3413 h 5 min

The moon in ⁨Kandahar⁩

The new moon here is the astronomical one, when the moon passes the sun; a Qamari month starts with the first sighting of the crescent, a day or two later. A dash: the moon doesn't rise or set that day, about once a month.

Twilight

Before sunrise and after sunset the sky is still light; it darkens as the sun sinks further below the horizon. ⁨First light⁩ and ⁨Nightfall⁩ on this page are when the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon.

Sun below the horizonMorningEvening
Civil6°––
Nautical12°––
Astronomical18°––

These are not prayer times

Prayer times have their own rules: Fajr and Isha are reckoned from other angles of the sun, and Asr has a rule of its own. ⁨First light⁩ on this page is not the end of suhur. For prayer times, see your mosque's timetable or a religious calendar for your city.

Sunrise and sunset in every provincial capital