Patna in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.3529, 78.7864
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 608 km away
- Same name
- 113 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Patna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Look up the current time in Patna, Madhya Pradesh, India, which follows the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Patna, India
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Patna
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Patna, Madhya Pradesh.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:25 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in Patna right now
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Patna and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 225301
- 273402
- 284406
- 325218
- 393145
- 485331
- 486776
- 497331
- 712148
- 756020
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 Patna
- Patna Bihar, India
- Patna Scotland, United Kingdom
- Patna Khulna Division, Bangladesh
- Patna Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
- Patna Virginia, United States
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Bankori — 3.8 km
- Kishunpur — 4.2 km
- Bhonhara — 4.7 km
- Berar Deori — 5.2 km
- Lamanav — 6.1 km
- Maramadhau — 6.3 km
About the time in Patna
Patna marks time with Asia/Kolkata at an offset of UTC+5:30. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Sunrise today is 6:25 AM in Patna, with sunset at 5:34 PM. That works out to 11 h 09 min of light.
For nearby Bankori and Kishunpur, use the time shown for Patna.
Patna carries 10 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Patna?
- Choose Asia/Kolkata for Patna, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is daylight saving time used in Patna?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Patna?
- Daylight begins at 6:25 AM.