Kovilkulam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.6619, 81.7374
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 223 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kovilkulam, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Watch the current local time in Kovilkulam, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, running on the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Kovilkulam, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Kovilkulam
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Kovilkulam, Eastern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 57 min Night 12 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:30 AM – 6:09 PM
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Kovilkulam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30150 Araipattai — 0.7 km away
- 30100 Kattankudi — 2.3 km away
- 30158 Puthukudiyiruppu — 3.5 km away
- 30160 Kokkaddichcholai — 4.9 km away
- 30162 Ampilanthurai — 4.9 km away
- 30000 Batticaloa — 7.3 km away
- 30159 Kirankulam — 7.6 km away
- 30016 Kannankudah — 7.7 km away
- 30018 Navatkadu — 9.0 km away
- 30192 Kurukkalmadam — 9.7 km away
- 30196 Thettativu — 9.9 km away
- 30194 Cheddipalayam — 10.1 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
Other places named Kovilkulam
- Kovilkulam Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Talancuda — 1.9 km
- Kattankudy — 2.3 km
- Putukudiyiruppu — 3.5 km
- Mutalaikkuda — 3.9 km
- Navatkuda — 4.2 km
- Nochchimunai — 5.1 km
Time and daylight in Kovilkulam
Mail delivery in Kovilkulam relies on 12 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Kovilkulam is Asia/Colombo, held at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sun will rise at 5:51 AM and set at 5:48 PM in Kovilkulam today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 57 min.
Anyone in Talancuda or Kattankudy reads the same clock as Kovilkulam.
Questions and answers
- Should Asia/Colombo be used as the time zone for Kovilkulam?
- Yes, Kovilkulam uses Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Does the time in Kovilkulam shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Kovilkulam?
- 5:48 PM.