Bihar in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.0264, 81.5510
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 462 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Get the current local time in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, India, a location in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Bihar, India
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Bihar
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Bihar keeps Asia/Kolkata time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:47 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 12 h 33 min Night 11 h 27 min Civil twilight 5:23 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Bihar right now
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Bihar and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 209652
- 209866
- 230201
- 332718
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 Uttar Pradesh
- Kanpur 2 823 249
- Lucknow 2 472 011
- Agra 1 430 055
- Meerut 1 223 184
- Ghaziabad 1 199 191
- Varanasi 1 164 404
Other places named Bihar
- Bihar Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
- Bihar Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bihār Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bihār Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bihār Madhya Pradesh, India
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Bado Sarai — 9.0 km
- Tikaitnagar — 9.0 km
- Jarwal — 15.2 km
- Daryabad — 15.3 km
- Colonelganj — 18.9 km
- Aliabad — 21.8 km
Local time details for Bihar
The time zone here in Bihar is Asia/Kolkata, offset UTC+5:30. Does daylight saving apply? No.
The sky over Bihar lightens at 5:47 AM and the sun sets at 6:20 PM. Daylight runs for 12 h 33 min today.
Look nearby and you will see Purwa and Madārpur on the same clock as Bihar.
Bihar operates with 4 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Bihar?
- Local time in Bihar is determined by Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the time in Bihar adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Bihar?
- Expect it at 6:20 PM.