Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 22.0896, 78.5798
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 741 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Find the present-moment local time in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, which uses Asia/Kolkata (+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 6:24 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:37 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 6:00 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
- Baherakhera — 1.3 km
- Machi Ghat Mal — 1.5 km
- Khairmandal — 2.1 km
- Shrijhot — 2.7 km
- Tandsi — 3.1 km
- Kherapindrai — 3.3 km
Time and daylight in Gorakhpur
Sunrise at Gorakhpur today happens at 6:24 AM, sunset at 5:37 PM. The two are 11 h 12 min apart.
Neighbouring Baherakhera and Machi Ghat Mal keep the same hours as Gorakhpur.
The full list of postal codes for Gorakhpur runs to 8.
The time zone assigned to Gorakhpur is Asia/Kolkata, held at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Gorakhpur?
- The clock in Gorakhpur follows Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Gorakhpur?
- No.
- When does light arrive in Gorakhpur?
- Light arrives at 6:24 AM.