Kārai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 12.8818, 79.7242
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 1771 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kārai, Tamil Nadu, India
The present local time in Kārai, Tamil Nadu, India is given below, for the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Kārai, India
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Kārai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Kārai keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 34 min Night 12 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:47 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Kārai right now
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Kārai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 321602 Karai
- 605201 Karai
- 621109 Karai
- 631552 Karai
- 632404 Karai
- 733121 Karai
- 801109 Karai
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
Other places named Kārai
- Karai Madhya Pradesh, India
- Karai Odisha, India
- Kārai Tamil Nadu, India
- Karāi Bihar, India
- Karāi Bihar, India
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Punditangal — 3.2 km
- Iluppappattu — 4.0 km
- Sattiramnattam — 4.2 km
- Kuttarambakkam — 4.2 km
- Sittiyambakkam — 4.8 km
- Rajukulam — 5.1 km
Time and daylight in Kārai
Time runs the same in Kārai and in nearby Punditangal and Iluppappattu.
7 distinct postal codes apply to Kārai.
Kārai runs on Asia/Kolkata, which sits UTC+5:30 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Daylight arrives in Kārai at 6:09 AM and departs at 5:44 PM. It lasts 11 h 34 min today.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Kārai?
- The time in Kārai is calculated using Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the local schedule in Kārai include a clock change?
- No.
- What hour brings sunset in Kārai?
- The hour is 5:44 PM.