Births in Dubai and the UAE
Kundli for births in Dubai and the UAE
The UAE keeps one clock all year: Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4, with no daylight saving. That makes UAE births simpler than American or British ones, with one common trap. Families often think in Indian time, and a birth time converted to IST, or entered as if it were IST, moves the chart by an hour and a half.
UTC+4, all year
Gulf Standard Time, all year
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain all use UTC+4. There is no summer time, so the date of birth does not change the offset. India is UTC+5:30, an hour and a half ahead.
So a baby born at 9:50 a.m. in Dubai was born at 11:20 a.m. in India. If that 9:50 is entered as Indian time, the chart is made for 8:20 a.m. Dubai time, ninety minutes too early.
Computed by our engine
Worked examples from UAE births
Two births computed by our engine: with the UAE's real offset, and with a common mistake.
| Birth | Time zone found | Lagna | With a common mistake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai, UAE 8 November 2004, 09:50 | Asia/Dubai UTC+4 | Sagittarius 4.9° | UTC+5:30, Indian time (IST): Scorpio 14.9° (a different sign) |
| Abu Dhabi, UAE 25 April 2010, 06:00 | Asia/Dubai UTC+4 | Aries 11.9° | UTC+5, an hour off (UTC+5): Pisces 22.6° (a different sign) |
City and emirate
Why the exact place still matters
Even with one time zone, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah are over 200 km apart east to west, enough to shift the Lagna by about two degrees at the same clock time. Pick your own city from the suggestions.
If you were born in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, the same advice applies: enter the local clock time and pick the town; ProperPandit finds each country's own offset.
Two charts, one birth
Checking a Kundli made back home
Many families in the UAE have a Kundli that was made in India, often by hand or with software set to Indian time. If yours and ProperPandit's disagree, compare three things before anything else:
- The birth time printed on it. If it shows a time 1 hour 30 minutes later than the time on your certificate, it was converted to IST; that is fine, as long as the chart was then calculated for IST.
- The Lagna. If the time printed is the same as yours but the Lagna differs, the chart was most likely made with the wrong offset.
- The ayanamsa. ProperPandit uses Lahiri. A chart made with another ayanamsa can show planets a degree or so apart, and occasionally in a different nakshatra pada.
When the birth time is right and the place is right, two charts made with Lahiri should agree on the Lagna sign, the Moon sign and the nakshatra.
Free, in English
Make your Kundli
The online Kundli and the two-page PDF are free and in English. In the UAE the complete 84-page Janma Granth costs AED 39; elsewhere it is US$10, or ₹1,000 in India. Ready? make your free Kundli. For other countries, see births abroad.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which time should I enter: UAE time or Indian time?
UAE time, exactly as the clock showed it (as on the birth certificate). ProperPandit knows the UAE is UTC+4 and converts it itself.
Does the UAE have daylight saving time?
No. The UAE stays on UTC+4 all year, so every birth date uses the same offset.
My family back home made my Kundli with IST. Is it wrong?
If the UAE birth time was entered as Indian time, the chart is for a moment 90 minutes earlier, and the Lagna may be a different sign. Compare it with a chart made from the local time.
How much is the 84-page Kundli in the UAE?
AED 39, paid by UPI (India), PayPal or USDT. USDT is always US$10.