Pahala Potana in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.3592, 80.5526
- Region
- North Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 176 km away
What time is it in Pahala Potana, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
The reading below is the local time in Pahala Potana, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, taken from the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Pahala Potana, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Pahala Potana
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Pahala Potana, North Central Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Pahala Potana right now
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Pahala Potana and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50380 Seeppukulama — 4.6 km away
- 50300 Mihintale — 4.7 km away
- 50304 lhalagama — 4.7 km away
- 50306 Mahakanadarawa — 4.7 km away
- 50308 Maradankalla — 4.7 km away
- 50384 Mailagaswewa — 7.1 km away
- 50382 Upuldeniya — 7.1 km away
- 50072 Tirappane — 7.4 km away
- 50386 Rampathwila — 9.5 km away
- 50004 Perimiyankulama — 10.5 km away
- 50450 Rambewa — 10.6 km away
- 50454 Kallanchiya — 11.2 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 North Central Province
- Anuradhapura 60 943
- Polonnaruwa 13 900
- Mihintale 5 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Etinniwetunuwewa — 23.3 km
- Kele Puliyankulama — 23.3 km
- Ihala Puliyankulama — 23.3 km
- Golupettawewa — 23.4 km
- Periyakulama — 23.4 km
- Kudawewa — 23.5 km
Pahala Potana: clock, sun and surroundings
For Pahala Potana today, sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset is 5:53 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 56 min.
Neighbouring Etinniwetunuwewa and Kele Puliyankulama sit in the same time as Pahala Potana.
Sorting mail for Pahala Potana involves 12 postal codes.
The zone that governs Pahala Potana is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Pahala Potana?
- The designation used for Pahala Potana is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Pahala Potana?
- Daylight saving in Pahala Potana: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Pahala Potana?
- At 5:56 AM.