Chankanai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.7500, 79.9667
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 313 km away
What time is it in Chankanai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
The local time of Chankanai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka is presented here, in line with the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Chankanai, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Chankanai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Chankanai keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Chankanai right now
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Chankanai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40000 Jaffna — 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 Northern Province
- Jaffna 169 102
- Point Pedro 89 810
- Valvedditturai 78 205
- Vavuniya 60 176
- Mannar 35 817
- Mullaittivu 28 973
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Ariyarmadam — 7.7 km
- Vannarpannai South West — 8.5 km
- Vannarpannai North West — 8.5 km
- Navanthurai — 8.9 km
- Iyanar Kovilady — 9.0 km
- Vannarpannai — 9.5 km
Local time details for Chankanai
Sunrise today in Chankanai lands at 6:01 AM; sunset lands at 5:48 PM. That is 11 h 47 min of light.
Ariyarmadam and Vannarpannai South West sit close to Chankanai and run on the same clock.
Within Chankanai, postal codes number 1.
Chankanai keeps the Asia/Colombo zone, which is UTC+5:30. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Can Chankanai's time zone be given as Asia/Colombo?
- Yes, Chankanai's time zone is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Chankanai use summer time?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Chankanai?
- Sunrise is at 6:01 AM and sunset at 5:48 PM.