Chennai, India Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Chennai, India (Tamil Nadu). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-30, 17:06 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata . All times are shown in Chennai local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:06 (elapsed time: -5h 0m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 88.4°. Day Length: 12h 35m 24s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:48:26	12:06:08	18:23:50
Azimuth	74.8°	0°	285.3°
Day Length		12h 35m 24s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 709 608 km
93 646 609 mi
Chennai ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 011 988 km
93 213 128 mi

Chennai on map:

Chennai

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+05:30
Latitude:	13.08784°
Longitude:	80.27847°
Country:	India Tamil Nadu
Population:	4 328 063

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Chennai

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:34:26	4h 34m 26s
Astronomical Twilight	04:34:26	05:00:34	26m 8s
Nautical Twilight	05:00:34	05:26:25	25m 51s
Civil Twilight	05:26:25	05:48:26	22m 1s
Daylight	05:48:26	18:23:50	12h 35m 24s
Civil Twilight	18:23:50	18:45:51	22m 1s
Nautical Twilight	18:45:51	19:11:42	25m 51s
Astronomical Twilight	19:11:42	19:37:50	26m 8s
Night	19:37:50	23:59:59	4h 22m 9s

Chennai Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 17.5° ( 17:06)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 281.5° ( 17:06)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01	2026-05-02
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	05:49:20	05:48:53	05:48:26	05:48:00	05:47:35
Solar noon:	12:06:25	12:06:16	12:06:08	12:06:01	12:05:54
Sunset:	18:23:29	18:23:39	18:23:50	18:24:01	18:24:12
Day Length:	12h 34m 9s	12h 34m 46s	12h 35m 24s	12h 36m 1s	12h 36m 37s

Chennai sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):