Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 22.7288, 80.9681
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 756 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
See the local time in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India right now, measured in the Asia/Kolkata time 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
Gorakhpur keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:50 PM
Weather in Gorakhpur right now
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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
- Bhakha — 5.8 km
- Amarpur — 6.7 km
- Aloni — 7.3 km
- Jharna — 8.3 km
- Barsinghatola — 8.3 km
- Bahratola — 8.7 km
Gorakhpur: clock, sun and surroundings
Bhakha and Amarpur sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Gorakhpur.
Postal numbering in Gorakhpur covers 8 codes.
Time zone for Gorakhpur: Asia/Kolkata, running at UTC+5:30. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The sun comes up over Gorakhpur at 6:16 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:26 PM. That is 11 h 11 min between the two.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Gorakhpur listed?
- The time zone in Gorakhpur is listed as Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Gorakhpur run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Gorakhpur: No.
- When does light arrive in Gorakhpur?
- Light arrives at 6:16 AM.