Gorakpur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.4229, 79.0005
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 606 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gorakpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Look up the current time in Gorakpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, which follows the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Gorakpur, India
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Gorakpur
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gorakpur.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 12 h 30 min Night 11 h 30 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Gorakpur right now
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Gorakpur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 470226 Beldhana — 2.2 km away
- 470227 Anantpura — 15.5 km away
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 Gorakpur
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Deori Khas — 4.0 km
- Silarpur — 11.0 km
- Samnapur Khurd — 12.2 km
- Gugwara — 12.5 km
- Salawara — 13.0 km
- Dehchua — 13.1 km
About the time in Gorakpur
Gorakpur falls within Asia/Kolkata, which places it UTC+5:30 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Expect sunrise at 5:59 AM and sunset at 6:29 PM in Gorakpur today. Daylight adds up to 12 h 30 min.
The same hours are kept in Gorakpur and in nearby Deori Khas and Jamunia.
There are 2 postal codes assigned to Gorakpur.
Questions and answers
- How is Gorakpur's time zone listed?
- Gorakpur's time zone is listed as Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Gorakpur?
- No.
- When is the sun down in Gorakpur?
- The sun goes down at 6:29 PM.