Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 21.8715, 78.9060
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 771 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
This page displays how late it is in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, 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
Local time in Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:23 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:59 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
- Kukadi Khapa — 5.8 km
- Mohkhar — 8.0 km
- Ubhegaon — 9.8 km
- Bichhua — 14.5 km
- Thuniyabhand — 15.0 km
- Bandaboh — 15.9 km
Local time details for Gorakhpur
Today Gorakhpur gets sunrise at 6:23 AM and sunset at 5:36 PM. That leaves 11 h 13 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Gorakhpur apply equally in Kukadi Khapa and Mohkhar.
8 postal codes are current for Gorakhpur.
Gorakhpur carries the Asia/Kolkata zone, offset UTC+5:30. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Gorakhpur be stated?
- It should be stated as Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Gorakhpur stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Gorakhpur: No.
- What time does the day start in Gorakhpur?
- The sun rises at 6:23 AM.