Potankadu in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.3464, 81.0096
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 202 km away
What time is it in Potankadu, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
This page reports the local time in Potankadu, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, set by the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Potankadu, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Potankadu
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Potankadu.
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 – 6:12 PM
Weather in Potankadu right now
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Potankadu and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31306 Kantalai Sugar Factory — 0.6 km away
- 31308 Wanela — 0.6 km away
- 31312 Mullipothana — 0.6 km away
- 31314 Sirajnagar — 0.6 km away
- 31318 Galmetiyawa — 0.6 km away
- 31300 Kantalai — 3.2 km away
- 31304 Agbopura — 4.1 km away
- 50008 Saliyapura — 9.8 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 One — 1.5 km
- Unit Two — 2.5 km
- Agbopura — 4.1 km
- Kantale — 5.3 km
- Rajawewa — 5.5 km
- Batukachchiya — 5.6 km
Time and daylight in Potankadu
Every address in Potankadu sits within one of 8 postal codes.
The zone applied in Potankadu is Asia/Colombo with offset UTC+5:30. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise arrives in Potankadu at 5:54 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:50 PM. That gives the day 11 h 56 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between Potankadu, Unit One and Unit Two.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Potankadu?
- Potankadu is covered by the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Potankadu observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Potankadu: No.
- When does morning light reach Potankadu?
- At 5:54 AM.