Sport from the far side of the world lands here before sunrise, which is how a cricket session or a late kick-off from the Americas ends up on a weekday morning. This page counts down to 4:55 am against your own device's clock, so the wait to first ball or first whistle is a number rather than a rough idea.
There is nothing to start and nothing to choose. The page reads the clock on your device, works out the gap to 4:55 am, and redraws it every second for as long as it is open. Leave it in a background tab if you like; the number will be current whenever you look back at it.
The Emirates keep Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4, and never move the clocks. Everything about time here follows from that: 4:55 am in January is the same 4:55 am in July, and the gap to London or Berlin changes twice a year because of what they do, not because of anything happening at this end.
Common questions
What is 04:55 on a 12-hour clock?
The same instant is 4:55 am in writing and five to five in the morning out loud. Anything from 13:00 onwards loses twelve to give the pm figure, which is the only sum involved in moving between the two.
Does the number update by itself?
Yes. It is recalculated every second from your device's clock, so nothing needs refreshing or restarting. Whatever is on screen is the current gap to 4:55 am, not a figure worked out when the page first opened.
What happens once 4:55 am has passed for today?
The count rolls over and carries on towards the same time tomorrow. That happens on its own at the moment the time passes — the page does not need reloading and there is nothing to reset by hand.
Which clock does the countdown use?
Your own. It reads the local time and time zone from the device in front of you, which in the Emirates means Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4. Travel and the count follows whatever the device picks up.
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