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Time in Chennai, India now

02:17:23AM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Time zone info for Chennai

UTC +5:30

India Standard Time (IST)
now 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York

The time in Chennai is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Chennai has not had daylight saving time since 1945.
The IANA time zone identifier for Chennai is Asia/Kolkata.

Time difference
from Chennai

Los Angeles	−12.5 hours	−12.5 hours
Chicago	−10.5 hours	−10.5 hours
New York	−9.5 hours	−9.5 hours
Toronto	−9.5 hours	−9.5 hours
São Paulo	−8.5 hours	−8.5 hours
UTC	−5.5 hours	−5.5 hours
Lagos	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
London	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
Johannesburg	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Paris	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Zurich	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Cairo	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Istanbul	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Moscow	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Dubai	−1.5 hours	−1.5 hours
Mumbai	0
Hong Kong	+2.5 hours
Shanghai	+2.5 hours
Singapore	+2.5 hours
Tokyo	+3.5 hours
Sydney	+4.5 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Chennai

Sunrise: 05:58AM
Sunset: 05:59PM
Day length: 12h 1m
Solar noon: 11:59AM
The current local time in Chennai is 1 minute behind apparent solar time.

Chennai on the map

Location: India
Latitude: 13.09. Longitude: 80.28
Population: 4,681,000

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