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Time in Orkney, North West, South Africa now

09:56:34PM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

World Vegetarian Day / International Day of Older Persons / National Day of China / Independence Day of Nigeria

Sun: ↑ 05:52AM ↓ 06:13PM (12h 21m) - More info - Make Orkney time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Orkney

UTC +2

South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

The time in Orkney is 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Orkney has not had daylight saving time since 1944.
The IANA time zone identifier for Orkney is Africa/Johannesburg.

Time difference
from Orkney

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Orkney

Sunrise: 05:52AM
Sunset: 06:13PM
Day length: 12h 21m
Solar noon: 12:03PM
The current local time in Orkney is 3 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Orkney on the map

Location: North West, South Africa
Latitude: -26.98. Longitude: 26.67
Population: 110,000

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