Colachel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.1794, 77.2582
- Population
- 23 227
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2275 km away
What time is it in Colachel, Tamil Nadu, India
This page shows local time in Colachel, Tamil Nadu, India as of this moment, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Colachel, India
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Colachel
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Colachel, Tamil Nadu.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:10 AM Solar noon 12:06 PM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Colachel right now
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Colachel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 629251
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 Tamil Nadu
- Chennai 4 681 087
- Coimbatore 2 136 916
- Kallakurichi 1 682 687
- Madurai 1 465 625
- Tirunelveli 1 435 844
- Teni 1 034 724
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Mandakad — 3.1 km
- Kuttumangalam — 4.5 km
- Manavalakurichi — 6.3 km
- Attunkaravur — 7.4 km
- Kadiapattanam — 7.6 km
- Ammayandivila — 8.8 km
Colachel: clock, sun and surroundings
Mandakad and Kuttumangalam sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Colachel.
Records show 1 postal code for Colachel.
For Colachel the applicable zone is Asia/Kolkata, running UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
First light in Colachel comes at 6:10 AM today; darkness returns after 6:01 PM. The day gives 11 h 51 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Colachel?
- Choose Asia/Kolkata for Colachel, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the clock in Colachel move for summer time?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in Colachel?
- It is 6:10 AM.