Gorakhpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.1523, 79.9305
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 667 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
What the clock shows right now in Gorakhpur.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:20 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 5:57 AM – 5:53 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
- Garha — 3.5 km
- Gwarighat — 4.5 km
- Nigari — 13.0 km
- Bheraghat — 13.4 km
- Kantora — 15.4 km
- Bilkharwa — 15.8 km
Time and daylight in Gorakhpur
Today's schedule for Gorakhpur: sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:30 PM. That gives 11 h 10 min of daylight.
Nearby Garha and Gwarighat need no separate clock from Gorakhpur.
8 postal codes are attached to Gorakhpur.
In Gorakhpur the time zone is Asia/Kolkata and the offset is UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time used: No.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Gorakhpur?
- The correct time zone for Gorakhpur is Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the time in Gorakhpur shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Gorakhpur?
- 6:20 AM marks sunrise.