Chankanai East in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.7511, 79.9718
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 313 km away
What time is it in Chankanai East, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
This page tells you the time right now in Chankanai East, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Chankanai East, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Chankanai East
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Chankanai East.
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 East right now
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Chankanai East and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40000 Jaffna — 10.0 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 — 7.5 km
- Vannarpannai South West — 8.3 km
- Vannarpannai North West — 8.3 km
- Iyanar Kovilady — 8.8 km
- Navanthurai — 8.8 km
- Vannarpannai — 9.3 km
Chankanai East: clock, sun and surroundings
Set your clock for Chankanai East and it will also be right in Ariyarmadam and Vannarpannai South West.
Chankanai East takes in 1 postal code.
Chankanai East sits in the Asia/Colombo time zone, which runs at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Chankanai East has sunrise at 6:01 AM today and sunset at 5:48 PM. Light holds for 11 h 47 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Chankanai East?
- The clock in Chankanai East follows Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the time in Chankanai East vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Chankanai East: No.
- When does daylight begin in Chankanai East?
- Daylight begins at 6:01 AM.