Rajapalayam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.4530, 77.5534
- Population
- 130 442
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2133 km away
What time is it in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Read off the current local time in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India, which belongs to the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Rajapalayam, India
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Rajapalayam
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Rajapalayam keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:14 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 6:18 PM
Weather in Rajapalayam right now
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Rajapalayam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 606755
- 635653
- 637501
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
- Pudūr — 19.2 km
- Mel Kulasekharrankottai — 19.3 km
- Kil Kulasekharankottai — 19.4 km
- Lakshmīpuram — 19.4 km
- Subrahmanyapuram — 19.6 km
- Kurakkuduanpatti — 19.6 km
Rajapalayam: clock, sun and surroundings
Daylight in Rajapalayam starts at 6:14 AM and ends at 5:56 PM today. It lasts 11 h 42 min.
The same local time applies in Rajapalayam, Pudūr and Mel Kulasekharrankottai.
3 postal codes correspond to Rajapalayam.
Rajapalayam marks time with Asia/Kolkata at an offset of UTC+5:30. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Rajapalayam?
- The time zone designation for Rajapalayam is Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the hour in Rajapalayam changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Rajapalayam?
- At 5:56 PM.