Echchanthivu in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.4695, 81.1906
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 226 km away
What time is it in Echchanthivu, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The clock above shows the current local time in Echchanthivu, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, which uses Asia/Colombo (+5:30).
Echchanthivu, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Echchanthivu
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Echchanthivu keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Echchanthivu right now
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Echchanthivu and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31112 Kurinchakemy — 3.5 km away
- 31106 Maharugiramam — 3.5 km away
- 31100 Kinniya — 3.5 km away
- 31053 Vellamanal — 5.2 km away
- 31050 Chinabay — 5.2 km away
- 31200 Mutur — 8.6 km away
- 31212 Kaddaiparichchan — 10.4 km away
- 31046 Tampalakamam — 10.8 km away
- 31220 Kiliveddy — 10.9 km away
- 31260 Seruwila — 10.9 km away
- 31238 Mawadichenai — 10.9 km away
- 31236 Echchilampattai — 10.9 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 Eastern Province
- Trincomalee 108 420
- Kalmunai 100 171
- Batticaloa 86 742
- Pottuvil 45 727
- Ampara 43 720
- Eravur Town 22 982
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Upparu — 6.0 km
- Majeed Nagar — 6.8 km
- Shafinagar — 7.5 km
- Paravippanchan — 7.7 km
- Iruthayapuram — 8.0 km
- Kayavantankulachchenai — 9.3 km
Time and daylight in Echchanthivu
No adjustment is needed moving between Echchanthivu, Upparu and Majeed Nagar.
12 postal codes serve Echchanthivu.
Echchanthivu holds to Asia/Colombo time, which equals UTC+5:30. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
The sun comes up over Echchanthivu at 5:55 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:45 PM. That is 11 h 50 min between the two.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Echchanthivu?
- Enter Asia/Colombo as the time zone for Echchanthivu; its offset is +5:30.
- Is the time in Echchanthivu adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Echchanthivu — what times?
- 5:55 AM and 5:45 PM.