Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 21.9811, 80.7438
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 820 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
The local time in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India — in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30) — is shown on this page.
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 11:52 AM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:52 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
- Kaindatola — 1.3 km
- Madaritola — 1.4 km
- Sarboritola — 3.6 km
- Bhanra — 4.2 km
- Ajgara — 5.9 km
- Chaudharitola — 6.0 km
Gorakhpur: clock, sun and surroundings
The time given for Gorakhpur holds for nearby Kaindatola and Madaritola too.
Addresses in Gorakhpur fall under 8 postal codes.
The time zone used in Gorakhpur is Asia/Kolkata, set at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
At Gorakhpur the sun clears the horizon at 6:16 AM and sinks again at 5:28 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 13 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Gorakhpur based on?
- The clock in Gorakhpur is based on Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the time in Gorakhpur vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Gorakhpur: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Gorakhpur?
- Sunset there is at 5:28 PM.