Periyakulam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.6887, 81.6968
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 220 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Periyakulam, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
See the local time in Periyakulam, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka right now, measured in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Periyakulam, Sri Lanka
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Periyakulam
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Periyakulam, Eastern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:52 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:30 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Periyakulam right now
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Periyakulam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30000 Batticaloa — 2.4 km away
- 30016 Kannankudah — 3.1 km away
- 30100 Kattankudi — 4.1 km away
- 30150 Araipattai — 4.7 km away
- 30158 Puthukudiyiruppu — 8.5 km away
- 30022 Pillaiyaradi — 9.4 km away
- 30024 Thannamunai — 9.4 km away
- 30160 Kokkaddichcholai — 10.0 km away
- 30162 Ampilanthurai — 10.0 km away
- 30400 Valaichenai — 10.5 km away
- 30018 Navatkadu — 11.9 km away
- 30159 Kirankulam — 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
Other places named Periyakulam
- Periyakulam Tamil Nadu, India
- Periyakulam Tamil Nadu, India
- Periyakulam Tamil Nadu, India
- Periyakulam Tamil Nadu, India
- Periyakulam Tamil Nadu, India
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Thimilatheevu — 2.2 km
- Navatkuda — 2.2 km
- Nochchimunai — 2.2 km
- Veechukalmunai — 2.3 km
- Uppodai — 2.6 km
- Punochchimunai — 2.6 km
About the time in Periyakulam
Postal codes assigned across Periyakulam total 12.
Periyakulam operates on Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Periyakulam gets its sunrise at 5:52 AM and its sunset at 5:44 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 52 min.
Nearby Thimilatheevu and Nochchimunai follow the same clock as Periyakulam.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Periyakulam?
- The time zone assigned to Periyakulam is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the clock in Periyakulam follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Periyakulam: No.
- What time does the day start in Periyakulam?
- The sun rises at 5:52 AM.