What time is it in Varanasi, Odisha, India
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Varanasi, Odisha, India, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Varanasi, India
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Varanasi
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Varanasi keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:50 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 5:32 PM Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:28 AM – 5:54 PM
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Varanasi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 532455 Ghanasara — 2.6 km away
- 761206 Kinigam — 3.2 km away
- 532456 Bhamini — 4.2 km away
- 761208 Hadubhangi — 4.5 km away
- 532203 Polavaram — 6.1 km away
- 532457 Kadumu — 6.2 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 Odisha
- Nowrangapur 1 220 946
- Bhubaneswar 885 363
- Cuttack 610 189
- Brahmapur 356 598
- Rourkela 273 317
- Raurkela Industrial Township 216 410
Other places named Varanasi
- Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, India
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Hadobhangi — 8.6 km
- Gaiba — 10.9 km
- Padamara — 16.8 km
- Ambajiri — 17.3 km
- Battili — 19.7 km
- Mondemkhallu — 20.1 km
Local time details for Varanasi
Close to Varanasi, the towns of Hadobhangi and Gaiba show the same time.
Deliveries to Varanasi are sorted by 6 postal codes.
Varanasi keeps time under Asia/Kolkata. That places it at UTC+5:30, with daylight saving time No.
The sun climbs above Varanasi at 5:50 AM and dips below at 5:32 PM. Between them sit 11 h 42 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Varanasi be stated?
- It should be stated as Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the offset in Varanasi changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does morning light reach Varanasi?
- At 5:50 AM.