UTC+06:00

UTC+06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +06:00. This time is used in:

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Bishkek, Chittagong, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu

South Asia

Bangladesh – Bangladesh Standard Time
Bhutan – Bhutan Time

Indian Ocean

United Kingdom
*British Indian Ocean Territory / Mauritius
** Chagos Archipelago

Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan Time

North Asia

Antarctica

Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica.
*Australia
**Australian Antarctic Territory
*Russia
**Vostok Station

Discrepancies between official UTC+06:00 and geographical UTC+06:00

Areas within UTC+06:00 longitudes using other time zones

Using UTC+05:00:

The very easternmost parts of Ural Federal District, Russia
Parts of East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Using UTC+05:30:

Parts of India:
* Assam
* Meghalaya
* West Bengal
* Nagaland
* Manipur
* Tripura
* Mizoram
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Bihar
* Sikkim
* The northeast part of Andhra Pradesh
* The eastern part of Uttar Pradesh
* The northeast part of Chhattisgarh
* Most of Odisha
* Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Using UTC+05:45:

Most of Nepal, with its capital city Kathmandu

Using UTC+06:30:

Most of Myanmar, including the nation's capital Naypyidaw
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Using UTC+07:00:

The westernmost part of Indonesia including most of the province Aceh with its capital Banda Aceh
The westernmost part of Mongolia
Parts of Russia:
* A large part of Krasnoyarsk Krai
* Tuva
* Khakassia
* Altai Republic
* Altai Krai
* Kemerovo Oblast
*Smaller parts of Novosibirsk Oblast
*Parts of Tomsk Oblast

Using UTC+08:00:

Western Mongolia
Parts of China:
* Most of Tibet Autonomous Region
* Most of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Areas outside UTC+06:00 longitudes using UTC+06:00 time

Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00)

Parts of Kazakhstan:
* Kostanay
* Smaller parts of Turkistan
* Western parts of Karaganda, Akmola, North Kazakhstan

Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical" UTC+05:00)

Kyrgyzstan
British Indian Ocean Territory
Russia
* Omsk Oblast
Some island resorts in the Maldives

Use in Xinjiang

In Xinjiang, China, this time offset is known as the Xinjiang Time or Urumqi Time. It is set due to its geographical location in the westernmost part of China. It has been approved by Chinese authorities for civil purposes since February 1986, although the decision had been rejected by the local ethnic Han population and some Han-dominated regional governments.
According to Human Rights Watch, a Uyghur man was arrested and detained by Chinese authorities in 2018 over "terrorist charges" for setting his watch to Xinjiang Time.