Kallakurichi in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.7338, 78.9593
- Population
- 1 682 687
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 1888 km away
What time is it in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India
Find the current time in Kallakurichi together with local sunrise, sunset, and weather information. The page connects the clock with daylight and conditions for useful day-to-day planning in Tamil Nadu.
Kallakurichi, India
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Kallakurichi
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
The sun today
Sunrise 06:05 Solar noon 12:15 Sunset 18:24 Daylight 12 h 19 min Night 11 h 41 min Civil twilight 05:44 – 18:46
Weather in Kallakurichi right now
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Kallakurichi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 606213 Kallakurichi South — 2.7 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 Tamil Nadu
- Chennai 4 681 087
- Coimbatore 2 136 916
- Madurai 1 465 625
- Tirunelveli 1 435 844
- Teni 1 034 724
- Tiruchirappalli 1 022 518
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Kottalam — 7.6 km
- Kurur — 8.4 km
- Murarbad — 10.3 km
- Kanangur — 10.5 km
- Kachchirayapalaiyam — 11.2 km
- Vadatorasalur — 12.3 km
What time is it in Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi is in Tamil Nadu, India. Like every Indian locality, it uses Indian Standard Time. The official hour in Kallakurichi is therefore the same as in other parts of the country, even though their sunrise and sunset times differ.
India does not move its clocks for daylight-saving time. This keeps Kallakurichi’s civil time consistent across the seasons. When dealing with another country, remember that the overseas clock may change and temporarily alter the usual time difference.
A careful scheduling check covers: the current date in Kallakurichi; the live Indian Standard Time reading; the clock rule used by the other location; whether either participant is being scheduled outside normal waking hours.
One Indian time zone simplifies the clock; geography keeps sunrise from becoming equally punctual everywhere.
Local sunrise and evening light
Although India shares one official clock, solar events vary by longitude, latitude, season, and date. Kallakurichi’s own sunrise and sunset values therefore give better daylight guidance than times taken from a distant Indian city.
Sunrise marks the sun’s crossing above the horizon, not the beginning of all visible light. Dawn comes first. Sunset likewise begins a transition rather than instant darkness, because twilight continues while the sun is just below the horizon.
Use these times to frame agricultural work, exercise, road journeys, photography, or errands where natural light matters. Then account for the actual setting. Trees, buildings, terrain, cloud, and haze may delay the first visible sunlight or shorten an unobstructed evening view.
Daylight duration changes through the year, even in a relatively low-latitude location. Looking at the value for the specific date is more reliable than assuming that sunrise always occurs at roughly the same hour.
Weather and the useful part of the day
Weather determines whether the daylight hours are comfortable or practical. Temperature alone is not enough: humidity, wind, rain, cloud, and visibility can each influence travel and outdoor work in Kallakurichi.
Use the forecast to answer several separate questions: What are conditions at the present local hour? Will heat or apparent temperature change later? Is rain expected during the activity? Will wind or visibility affect the journey?
Does the plan finish before or after sunset? Tamil Nadu experiences seasonal weather patterns, but those patterns do not predict a particular hour with certainty. An updated local forecast is the sounder basis for deciding when to leave, what to carry, and whether an exposed activity should be postponed.
Weather may also be uneven across a district. A report for Kallakurichi represents the indicated location and observation source; immediate conditions should still be checked before a weather-sensitive task.
Questions and answers
- Which state is Kallakurichi in?
- Kallakurichi is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
- Is Kallakurichi’s clock different from Chennai’s?
- No. Both use Indian Standard Time, although their exact sunrise and sunset readings are location-specific.
- Does twilight count as daylight?
- It provides natural light before sunrise and after sunset, but the sun is below the horizon during twilight.