Jaffna Division in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6669, 80.0181
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 304 km away
What time is it in Jaffna Division, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Local time right now in Jaffna Division, Northern Province, Sri Lanka appears above, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Jaffna Division, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Jaffna Division
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Jaffna Division keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:03 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:47 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 6:09 PM
Weather in Jaffna Division right now
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Jaffna Division and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40000 Jaffna — 1.2 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 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
- Vannarpannai South East — 0.3 km
- Chirampiyadi — 0.3 km
- Aththiyadi — 0.5 km
- Grand Bazaar — 0.6 km
- Anaipanthy — 0.6 km
- Small Bazaar — 1.0 km
Jaffna Division: clock, sun and surroundings
1 codes make up the postal map of Jaffna Division.
Time in Jaffna Division runs on Asia/Colombo, which is UTC+5:30. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
The sun rises over Jaffna Division today at 6:03 AM and slips away at 5:47 PM. That leaves 11 h 44 min of daylight.
Nearby Vannarpannai South East and Chirampiyadi need no separate clock from Jaffna Division.
Questions and answers
- Can Jaffna Division's time zone be given as Asia/Colombo?
- Yes, Jaffna Division's time zone is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Jaffna Division keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Jaffna Division: No.
- When does daylight begin in Jaffna Division?
- Daylight begins at 6:03 AM.