Current Time in Chennai, India
Chennai is in the Asia/Kolkata time zone. The clock updates live every second and automatically follows daylight saving changes; the sun dial shows today's daylight and twilight, and the map shows where it is night.
Time in Chennai
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UTC
Today's light in Chennai
- Night
- Astronomical twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Civil twilight
- Golden hour
- Daylight
- Astronomical dawn
- 04:50
- Nautical dawn
- 05:16
- Civil dawn
- 05:41
- Sunrise
- 06:03
- Golden hour ends
- 06:32
- Solar noon
- 11:52
- Golden hour begins
- 17:12
- Sunset
- 17:41
- Civil dusk
- 18:03
- Nautical dusk
- 18:28
- Astronomical dusk
- 18:53
It was 10:00 PM on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 in Chennai when this page was last updated. Chennai is on GMT+5:30 (UTC+05:30) all year, with no daylight saving. The clock above is live.
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- GMT+5:30
- Population
- 4,681,087
Daylight Saving Time in Chennai
Chennai does not observe daylight saving time — the offset stays at UTC+05:30 all year round.
Cities in the same time zone
These places share Chennai's local time (Asia/Kolkata):
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