India
Time now in Chennai
Sunrise 05:57Sunset 06:27Time zone UTC +5:30
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
UTC offset
UTC +5:30
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
4,681,087
Sunrise
05:57
Sunset
06:27
Day length
12h 30m
Coordinates
13.09, 80.28
Time difference from Chennai
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About the time in Chennai
The zone identifier Asia/Kolkata is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Kolkata keeps pointing at Kolkata time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Chennai sits at latitude 13.09, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 30m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Sunrise today lands at 05:57 and sunset at 06:27 local time, giving 12h 30m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (13.09, 80.28) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Chennai.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chennai
- What are normal business hours in Chennai in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Chennai runs from 03:30–11:30 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Chennai?
- Chennai is UTC +5:30 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Kolkata, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Chennai right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Chennai, updating every second from Asia/Kolkata (UTC +5:30).
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