Vadakarai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.3379, 77.6227
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2146 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Vadakarai, Tamil Nadu, India
Use this page to see what time it is in Vadakarai, Tamil Nadu, India — the Asia/Kolkata zone applies there (+5:30).
Vadakarai, India
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Vadakarai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Vadakarai keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:10 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 11 h 48 min Night 12 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in Vadakarai right now
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Vadakarai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 600052
- 626136
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 Vadakarai
- Vadakarai Tamil Nadu, India
- Vadakarai Tamil Nadu, India
- Vadakarai Tamil Nadu, India
- Vadakarai Tamil Nadu, India
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Nalvasankottai — 19.6 km
- Vāgaikkulam — 19.7 km
- Nainampatti — 20.1 km
- Varagumaramapuram — 20.5 km
- Ālangulam — 21.3 km
- Rāmanāthapuram — 21.5 km
Vadakarai: clock, sun and surroundings
Vadakarai and nearby Nalvasankottai and Vāgaikkulam are never an hour apart.
Postal codes in Vadakarai number 2.
Vadakarai is served by the Asia/Kolkata time zone, offset UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
In Vadakarai the sun rises today at 6:10 AM and sets again at 5:58 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 48 min of the day.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Vadakarai fall?
- Vadakarai falls under Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Vadakarai?
- Daylight saving time in Vadakarai: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Vadakarai?
- It disappears at 5:58 PM.