EST to Kabul Time Converter

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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 15, 2026 = 4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 15, 2026

EDT is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind Kabul.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind Kabul. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind Kabul.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 5:30 pm to 2:30 am (next day) in Kabul. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in Kabul.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 17:30 to 02:30 (next day) in Kabul. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 18:30 to 03:30 (next day) in Kabul.

Compare EST time with Kabul time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT (Afghanistan Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 4:30 pm16:30 in Kabul, Afghanistan

EDT to Kabul call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-9:30am09:00-09:30 in EDT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6pm17:30-18:00 in Kabul

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 AFT (Afghanistan Time) (Kabul, Afghanistan). Offset UTC +4:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 4:30 pm16:30 Kabul, Afghanistan

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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).

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Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
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  • America/Grand_Turk
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  • Canada/Eastern
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  • EST5EDT
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  • US/East-Indiana
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  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Kabul Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AFT – Afghanistan Time, UTC+4:30 (no daylight saving time)

Kabul Facts

Country
Afghanistan
Alternative Names
Cabool, Caboul, Cabul, Cabul - kabl, Cabul - کابل, Cabura, Cabúl, Caubul, KBL, Kabil, Kaboel, Kabol, Kaboul, Kabul, Kabula, Kabulas, Kabuli, Kabulo, Kabura, Kabúl, Kabûl, Kampoul, Kobul, Kubha, Kábul, Kâbil, Kābol, ka bu er, kabl, kabul, kabula, kabuli, kaburu, kabwl, kapul, ke bu er, khabul, Καμπούλ, Кабул, Кобул, Քաբուլ, קאבול, كابل, كابۇل, کابل, کابول, काबुल, কাবুল, ਕਾਬੁਲ, କାବୁଲ, காபூல், ಕಾಬುಲ್, കാബൂൾ, කාබුල්, คาบูล, ཁ་པལ།, ཁ་པུལ།, ქაბული, ካቡል, ទីក្រុងកាបូល, カブール, カーブル, 喀布尔, 喀布爾, 카불
Population
4,434,550
Currency
Afghani (AFN)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 31' N Latitude / 69° 10' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+93
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