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Time in Potchefstroom, South Africa now

03:25:02AM

Friday, October 2, 2026

International Day of Non-Violence - to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun: ↑ 05:50AM ↓ 06:12PM (12h 22m) - More info - Make Potchefstroom time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Potchefstroom

UTC +2

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

The time in Potchefstroom 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.
Potchefstroom has not had daylight saving time since 1944.
The IANA time zone identifier for Potchefstroom is Africa/Johannesburg.

Time difference
from Potchefstroom

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 Potchefstroom

Sunrise: 05:50AM
Sunset: 06:12PM
Day length: 12h 22m
Solar noon: 12:01PM
The current local time in Potchefstroom is 1 minute ahead of apparent solar time.

Potchefstroom on the map

Location: South Africa
Latitude: -26.72. Longitude: 27.10
Population: 178,000

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