Kanniyar in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.6061, 81.1759
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 236 km away
What time is it in Kanniyar, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
This page shows the current local time in Kanniyar, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Kanniyar, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Kanniyar
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Kanniyar, Eastern Province.
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 Kanniyar right now
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Kanniyar and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31006 Sampaltivu — 4.6 km away
- 31000 Trincomalee — 7.4 km away
- 31010 Nilaveli — 9.0 km away
- 31050 Chinabay — 10.1 km away
- 31053 Vellamanal — 10.1 km away
- 31100 Kinniya — 12.0 km away
- 31106 Maharugiramam — 12.0 km away
- 31112 Kurinchakemy — 12.0 km away
- 31046 Tampalakamam — 14.7 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
- Samavachchathivu — 14.8 km
- Vanniyamadu — 15.2 km
- Echchanthivu — 15.3 km
- Thamaravillu — 15.7 km
- Ichchantivu — 15.7 km
- Maharoof Gramam — 16.0 km
Time and daylight in Kanniyar
9 codes are used to address mail in Kanniyar.
Kanniyar is served by the Asia/Colombo time zone, offset UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
First light in Kanniyar comes at 5:54 AM today; darkness returns after 5:50 PM. The day gives 11 h 56 min of light.
In Samavachchathivu and Vanniyamadu the clock agrees with Kanniyar.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Kanniyar based on Asia/Colombo?
- Yes, local time in Kanniyar is based on Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Kanniyar apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Kanniyar?
- Sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 5:50 PM.