Current time in Chennai, India
India Standard Time
UTC+05:30- Time zone
- India Standard Time · Asia/Kolkata
- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+5:30 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
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- Location
- Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09° N, 80.28° E
- Population
- 4,681,087
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Chennai at about 12:09 standard time: the clock runs about 9 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:52 and 12:23 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:13 | 18:19 | 12h 06m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:43 | 18:37 | 12h 54m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:58 | 18:04 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 06:26 | 17:48 | 11h 21m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:58–18:00 (12 h 2 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Kallakurichi · 210 km
- Bengaluru · 290 km
- Tiruchirappalli · 310 km
- Vijayawada · 380 km
- Madurai · 420 km
- Coimbatore · 430 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Colombo, Sri Lanka · 690 km