Time in Chennai, India | Chennai Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
IST (UTC+05:30)
Time zone information for Chennai
UTC +5:30
India Time (IST) , currently 1 hours 30 minutes behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Chennai does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Chennai is always 1 hours 30 minutes behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Chennai is
Asia/Kolkata.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Chennai
- ▪Sunrise: 06:00
- ▪Sunset: 17:46
- ▪Day length: 11h 46m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:53
- ▪Current time in Chennai is currently 7 minutes behind solar time.
Chennai on map
- ▪Location: Tamil Nadu, India
- ▪Latitude: 13,09. Longitude: 80,28
- ▪Population: 4,681,087
- ▪Elevation: 14 m
Time difference
from Chennai
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:00
Solar noon 11:53Sunset 17:46
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Asia/Kolkata- Abbreviation
- IST
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:30
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792682210
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:00
- Sunset
- 17:46
- Solar noon
- 11:53
- Day length
- 11h 46m
- Night length
- 12h 13m
- Civil twilight
- 05:38 – 18:07
Geography & country
- Country
- India
- Region / State
- Tamil Nadu
- Coordinates
- 13.088°, 80.278°
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Population
- 4,681,087
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