Karaikkudi in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8738, 78.7868
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2093 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, India
This page displays how late it is in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, India, in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Karaikkudi, India
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Karaikkudi
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:06 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:45 AM – 6:14 PM
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Karaikkudi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 630311 Periyakarai — 5.0 km away
- 630408 Vilangattur — 5.9 km away
- 630303 Eluvankottai — 8.5 km away
- 623402 Muppaiyur — 8.9 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
- Kallakurichi 1 682 687
- Madurai 1 465 625
- Tirunelveli 1 435 844
- Teni 1 034 724
Other places named Karaikkudi
- Karaikkudi Tamil Nadu, India
- Kāraikkudi Tamil Nadu, India
- Kāraikkudi Tamil Nadu, India
- Kāraikkudi Tamil Nadu, India
- Kāraikkudi Tamil Nadu, India
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Arasadi — 24.1 km
- Ettiyattidal — 24.5 km
- Sangani — 24.5 km
- Sauriyārpattanam — 24.7 km
- Panchati — 24.8 km
- Aramanaikkarai — 24.8 km
Local time details for Karaikkudi
Karaikkudi shares one clock with the nearby places Arasadi and Ettiyattidal.
Karaikkudi carries 4 postal codes.
Local clocks in Karaikkudi answer to Asia/Kolkata, set UTC+5:30 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's times for Karaikkudi: the sun is up at 6:06 AM and down at 5:53 PM. That means 11 h 47 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Karaikkudi follow?
- Local time in Karaikkudi follows Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the hour in Karaikkudi changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Karaikkudi?
- Sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 5:53 PM.