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Chaiyaphum, Thailand

Chaiyaphum keeps Indochina Time, UTC+7, all year. There are no seasonal clock changes, and every district follows the same official time.

Chaiyaphum, Thailand

Saturday, 5 September 2026

UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok

Time and sun data for Chaiyaphum — the largest city of Chaiyaphum

The sun in Chaiyaphum

Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 12 h 23 min Night 11 h 37 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 6:45 PM

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Current time in Chaiyaphum, Thailand

The province is part of Thailand’s single national time zone. Chaiyaphum city and the more distant district centres all use ICT, making the time identical to Bangkok even though journeys between them may cover considerable ground.

UTC+7 remains in effect during every season. This means local timetables need no daylight-saving annotation. People calling from countries that do alter their clocks should recalculate the international difference when those changes occur. Chaiyaphum’s hills can complicate a route, but they never require a second time zone.

Largest towns and service centres

Chaiyaphum city is the provincial capital and leading centre for administration and regional services. The large province contains other established towns that support nearby districts, farms, road travel, trade, and local public life.

Chaiyaphum is the main provincial city and government centre. Kaeng Khro is an important town northeast of the capital. Phu Khiao serves the northern part of the province. Chatturat is a district and transport centre south of Chaiyaphum city.

Bamnet Narong supports communities in the province’s southwest. The term “largest” needs care because a municipality’s legal population is not the same as that of its surrounding district or built-up area. These are useful major-place references rather than a definitive census ranking. They share one clock without exception.

Sunrise among plains and uplands

The calculated sunrise for Chaiyaphum changes with the date. Different coordinates within this geographically extensive province can produce small differences in the minute shown, while nearby terrain can substantially affect when direct sunlight is actually visible.

A general provincial page will usually represent the capital or a central coordinate. For hiking, farming, photography, or an early road departure, select the nearest town and combine its astronomical time with knowledge of the local horizon.

Identify the district where the activity will occur. Use a sunrise entry for the correct calendar day. Read the time as local ICT at UTC+7. Account separately for hills, vegetation, weather, and access time.

Sunrise variation is a daylight pattern, not a change in the legal clock. Phones and watches in Chaiyaphum should remain on the same time-zone setting year-round.

Questions and answers

Is Chaiyaphum in the Bangkok time zone?
Yes. Both use Indochina Time and have the same local clock reading.
Will a phone need a daylight-saving update in Chaiyaphum?
No. Thailand does not apply a seasonal clock change.
Why might visible sunrise be later in a hilly area?
A ridge or other obstruction can hide the sun after its calculated rise at the ideal horizon. The published astronomical time is still valid for its stated coordinates.
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