Ganthalawa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.4132, 81.0503
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 211 km away
What time is it in Ganthalawa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The clock for Ganthalawa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is kept here in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Ganthalawa, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Ganthalawa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Ganthalawa keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Ganthalawa right now
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Ganthalawa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50008 Saliyapura — 1.1 km away
- 31300 Kantalai — 5.6 km away
- 31306 Kantalai Sugar Factory — 9.0 km away
- 31308 Wanela — 9.0 km away
- 31312 Mullipothana — 9.0 km away
- 31314 Sirajnagar — 9.0 km away
- 31318 Galmetiyawa — 9.0 km away
- 31046 Tampalakamam — 10.9 km away
- 31304 Agbopura — 12.5 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
- Unit Eleven — 0.6 km
- Unit Twelve — 0.8 km
- Tissapura — 1.0 km
- Saliyapura — 1.1 km
- Hameediya Nager — 1.7 km
- Unit Thirteen — 1.9 km
Ganthalawa: clock, sun and surroundings
Ganthalawa observes Asia/Colombo time, currently expressed as UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today's sun rises in Ganthalawa at 5:54 AM, then sets at 5:50 PM. The day offers 11 h 56 min of daylight.
Time runs the same in Ganthalawa and in nearby Unit Eleven and Unit Twelve.
Ganthalawa operates with 9 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Ganthalawa?
- The time zone designation for Ganthalawa is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Ganthalawa have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Ganthalawa: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Ganthalawa?
- Today the sun rises at 5:54 AM.