Pottakanda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.6401, 80.4296
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 72 km away
What time is it in Pottakanda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
This is the current time in Pottakanda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, shown for the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Pottakanda, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Pottakanda
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Pottakanda, Sabaragamuwa Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:58 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Pottakanda right now
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Pottakanda and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70041 Marapana — 1.7 km away
- 70042 Dela — 3.2 km away
- 70400 Nivitigala — 3.6 km away
- 70000 Ratnapura — 5.8 km away
- 70056 Lellopitiya — 6.6 km away
- 70038 Niralagama — 6.6 km away
- 70036 Ratna Hangamuwa — 6.6 km away
- 70034 Udaniriella — 6.6 km away
- 70032 Elapatha — 6.6 km away
- 70044 Udakarawita — 7.1 km away
- 70001 Malwala Junction — 7.4 km away
- 70018 Karangoda — 8.3 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 Sabaragamuwa Province
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Ibiwela — 19.4 km
- Kudumiriya — 19.6 km
- Wewagama — 19.7 km
- Thanabela — 19.7 km
- Kudumeeriya — 19.9 km
- Mudalikanda — 20.3 km
Time and daylight in Pottakanda
Pottakanda works with 12 postal codes.
Pottakanda keeps time under Asia/Colombo. That places it at UTC+5:30, with daylight saving time No.
Sunrise at Pottakanda today happens at 5:58 AM, sunset at 5:49 PM. The two are 11 h 51 min apart.
The hours shown for Pottakanda apply equally in Ibiwela and Kudumiriya.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Pottakanda?
- Time in Pottakanda follows the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Pottakanda switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Pottakanda: No.
- When does daylight begin in Pottakanda?
- Daylight begins at 5:58 AM.