Sankhapala in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.4517, 80.7520
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 113 km away
What time is it in Sankhapala, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
The clock for Sankhapala, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka is kept here in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Sankhapala, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Sankhapala
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Sankhapala keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:09 PM
Weather in Sankhapala right now
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Sankhapala and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70170 Pallebedda — 1.5 km away
- 82454 Pallekanda — 3.7 km away
- 70171 Halwinna — 3.9 km away
- 70350 Kolonna — 9.1 km away
- 70352 Kella Junction — 9.1 km away
- 70105 Hatangala — 9.5 km away
- 70106 Handagiriya — 10.2 km away
- 70346 Bulutota — 11.5 km away
- 70252 Kiriibbanwewa — 12.7 km away
- 70254 Ekamutugama — 12.7 km away
- 70256 Mahagama Colony — 12.7 km away
- 70250 Sewanagala — 12.7 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
- Mulanyaya — 23.6 km
- Udajulampitiya — 23.8 km
- Uda Julampitiya — 24.0 km
- Bookandayaya — 24.2 km
- Kudagal Ara — 24.2 km
- Pahala Bukendayaya — 24.2 km
Local time details for Sankhapala
Postal codes assigned across Sankhapala total 12.
The zone name for Sankhapala is Asia/Colombo and the offset is UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
In Sankhapala today the sun is out from 5:56 AM until 5:48 PM. That comes to 11 h 51 min of daylight.
Sankhapala shares one clock with the nearby places Mulanyaya and Udajulampitiya.
Questions and answers
- Should Asia/Colombo be used as the time zone for Sankhapala?
- Yes, Sankhapala uses Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Sankhapala?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Sankhapala?
- Yes, it is 5:48 PM.