Karaikal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9167, 79.8333
- Population
- 86 838
- Region
- Puducherry
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 1989 km away
What time is it in Karaikal, Puducherry, India
The local time of Karaikal, Puducherry, India is presented here, in line with the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Karaikal, India
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Karaikal
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Karaikal keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Karaikal right now
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Karaikal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 609602
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 Puducherry
- Puducherry 657 209
- Gundupalaiyam 300 104
- Yanam 55 626
- Mahe 41 816
- Mādāyi 35 888
- Villianur 34 383
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Dharmapuram — 1.6 km
- Pudutturai — 1.8 km
- Akkaraivadi — 2.2 km
- Takkalur — 2.7 km
- Talatteruvu — 3.2 km
- Pillaittiruvasal — 3.2 km
Karaikal: clock, sun and surroundings
The number of postal codes covering Karaikal is 1.
Karaikal operates on Asia/Kolkata at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time used here: No.
The sun rises at 6:01 AM above Karaikal and sets at 5:51 PM today. Daylight lasts about 11 h 50 min.
Whatever the hour in Karaikal, it is the same in Dharmapuram and Pudutturai.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Karaikal?
- Karaikal is covered by the Asia/Kolkata time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Karaikal switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Karaikal: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Karaikal?
- It sets at 5:51 PM.