Shankan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.1924, 77.6503
- Region
- Himachal Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 287 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shankan, Himachal Pradesh, India
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Shankan, Himachal Pradesh, India, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Shankan, India
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Shankan
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Shankan.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:24 AM Solar noon 12:06 PM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Shankan right now
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Shankan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 171213 Kiara — 1.8 km away
- 171207 Kuthara — 1.8 km away
- 171208 Tangnu — 1.8 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Himachal Pradesh
Other places named Shankan
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
About the time in Shankan
A total of 3 postal codes belong to Shankan.
Shankan is placed in Asia/Kolkata, and its offset from UTC is +5:30. Daylight saving observed here: No.
The sun climbs above Shankan at 6:24 AM and dips below at 5:48 PM. Between them sit 11 h 23 min of daylight.
Nearby Chuna and Sungri need no separate clock from Shankan.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Shankan?
- The entry corresponding to Shankan is Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Shankan?
- Daylight saving time in Shankan: No.
- When does the sun come up in Shankan?
- Sunrise in Shankan is at 6:24 AM.