Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Time Difference Chennai, IndiaChennaiIndia

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Current local time inChennai India

What day is it in Chennai right now?

Wednesday (May 20, 2026)

Indian Standard TimeIST

Time Zone

 Asia/
Kolkata

Universal Time Coordinated GMT / UTC

 UTC+5:30

Daylight Saving Time

In this time zone there is no Daylight Saving Time in use.
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Time Difference to major World Cities

Los Angeles -12:30 hours
Mexico City -11:30 hours
New York -9:30 hours
São Paulo -8:30 hours
London -4:30 hours
Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid, Rome -3:30 hours
Mumbai No time difference
Hong Kong +2:30 hours
Tokyo +3:30 hours
Sydney +4:30 hours

The sun in Chennai
Today, May 20, 2026

Sunrise Chennai

Sunrise

5:42 am

Local time
Sunset Chennai

Sunset

6:28 pm

Local time

City information

Alternative names

  • Cenaj
  • Cenajo
  • Cenajus
  • Cenay
  • Cennai
  • Cennaj
  • Chehnai
  • Chenaj
  • Chennai
  • Chennai - cennai
  • Chennaj
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  • MAA
  • Maderaspatanum
  • Madras
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  • cen ni
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  • jin nai
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  • tshynay
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  • Çenay
  • Çennai
  • Ćennaj
  • Ĉenajo
  • Čenaj
  • Čenajus
  • Čennai
  • Čennaí
  • Τσεννάι
  • Ченай
  • Ченај
  • Ченнаи
  • Ченнай
  • Ченнаї
  • Чэнаі
  • Չեննայ
  • צנאי
  • تشيناي
  • چنائی
  • چنای
  • چينای
  • چینائی
  • चेन्नई
  • चेन्नै
  • চেন্নাই
  • ਚੇਨਈ
  • ચેન્નઈ
  • ଚେନ୍ନାଇ
  • சென்னை
  • చెన్నై
  • ಚೆನ್ನೈ
  • ചെന്നൈ
  • චෙන්නායි
  • เจนไน
  • ချန်နိုင်းမြို့
  • ჩენაი
  • チェンナイ
  • 清奈
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  • 첸나이

Country

Chennai is a city in India.

Time Zone

The name of the time zone is Asia/Kolkata.

Population

4,681,087 People

Major cities in the vicinity of Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Big Cities

Ambattur ... 10 km
Avadi ... 14 km
Rānipet ... 78 km
Tirupati ... 92 km
Vellore ... 94 km
Gundupālaiyam ... 132 km
Puducherry ... 132 km
Nellore ... 152 km
Kallakurichi ... 183 km
Kadapa ... 193 km
Bengaluru ... 216 km
Salem ... 232 km
Tumkūr ... 256 km
Thanjavur ... 270 km
Anantapur ... 277 km
Tiruchirappalli ... 281 km
Erode ... 281 km
Mysuru ... 304 km
Tiruppur ... 320 km
Coimbatore ... 351 km
Ballari ... 351 km
Kurnool ... 351 km
Dindigul ... 352 km
Guntur ... 354 km
Vijayawada ... 378 km
Davangere ... 380 km
Shivamogga ... 389 km
Madurai ... 390 km
Teni ... 406 km
Kozhikode ... 413 km

India India: Neighbouring Countries

Bangladesh

Bhutan

China

Myanmar

Nepal

Pakistan

Other Time Zones with UTC +5:30

Asia/Colombo
IST: Indian Standard Time
SLST: Sri Lanka Standard Time