Sampalchenai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.3833, 81.2685
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 224 km away
What time is it in Sampalchenai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The clock for Sampalchenai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is kept here in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Sampalchenai, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Sampalchenai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Sampalchenai keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Sampalchenai right now
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Sampalchenai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31250 Toppur — 5.1 km away
- 31200 Mutur — 7.4 km away
- 31220 Kiliveddy — 7.5 km away
- 31260 Seruwila — 7.5 km away
- 31238 Mawadichenai — 7.5 km away
- 31236 Echchilampattai — 7.5 km away
- 31234 Lankapatuna — 7.5 km away
- 31232 Serunuwara — 7.5 km away
- 31228 Neelapola — 7.5 km away
- 31226 Dehiwatte — 7.5 km away
- 31224 Mallikativu — 7.5 km away
- 31222 Somapura — 7.5 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
- Mallikaitivu — 0.2 km
- Topputtidal — 0.2 km
- Palattadichchenai — 1.6 km
- Vaikkaladichchenai — 1.6 km
- Mengamam — 1.8 km
- Menkamam — 1.9 km
Local time details for Sampalchenai
Mallikaitivu and Topputtidal lie near Sampalchenai and keep identical time.
The mail network in Sampalchenai covers 12 codes.
Local clocks in Sampalchenai follow the Asia/Colombo zone, UTC+5:30. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
The sun is up at 5:55 AM in Sampalchenai and down again at 5:44 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 50 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Sampalchenai identified?
- The time zone for Sampalchenai is identified as Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Sampalchenai have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Sampalchenai: No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Sampalchenai?
- In Sampalchenai the sun sets at 5:44 PM.