Handwara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.3968, 74.2814
- Population
- 13 600
- Region
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 699 km away
What time is it in Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Right now in Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India the local time is the one shown here, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Handwara, India
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Handwara
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:33 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:37 AM – 6:00 PM
Weather in Handwara right now
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Handwara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 193221
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 Jammu and Kashmir
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Wohalutar — 15.1 km
- Arakharwar — 15.4 km
- Kutur Naribal — 15.5 km
- Shalkut — 15.8 km
- Branadub — 15.9 km
- Chak Shutalu — 16.0 km
Handwara: clock, sun and surroundings
No adjustment is needed moving between Handwara, Wohalutar and Arakharwar.
Addresses in Handwara fall under 1 postal code.
Local time in Handwara is governed by Asia/Kolkata at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving observed: No.
At Handwara the sun clears the horizon at 7:03 AM and sinks again at 5:33 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 30 min.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Handwara uses?
- Handwara uses the Asia/Kolkata time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Handwara?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Handwara?
- Yes, it is 5:33 PM.