Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 22.7494, 81.4407
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 779 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
On this page the local time of Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India is updated live, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Gorakhpur, India
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Gorakhpur
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:14 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 5:50 AM – 5:48 PM
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Gorakhpur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 125047
- 464774
- 480886
- 480887
- 481884
- 487110
- 495117
- 765015
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 Madhya Pradesh
Other places named Gorakhpur
- Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh, India
- Gorakhpur Haryana, India
- Gorakhpur Maharashtra, India
- Gorakhpur Odisha, India
- Gorakhpur Punjab, Pakistan
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Pakhritola — 6.2 km
- Pakhri — 6.9 km
- Bundelatola — 7.2 km
- Poranga — 7.6 km
- Bundela — 7.6 km
- Baghni — 7.7 km
Gorakhpur: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Pakhritola and Pakhri keep the same hours as Gorakhpur.
Postal codes assigned across Gorakhpur total 8.
The time zone used in Gorakhpur is Asia/Kolkata, set at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:14 AM today in Gorakhpur, with the sun setting at 5:24 PM. That leaves 11 h 11 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Gorakhpur?
- Time in Gorakhpur follows the Asia/Kolkata time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the time in Gorakhpur vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Gorakhpur: No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Gorakhpur?
- Expect it at 5:24 PM.