sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Colombo, Sri Lanka (Western).
Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 20:00 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Colombo
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All times are shown in Colombo local time.
Solar noon
Today was at: 12:10 (elapsed time: -7h 50m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 86.6°.
Day Length: 12h 17m 18s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 06:01:34 | 12:10:13 | 18:18:52 |
| Azimuth | 79.5° | 0° | 280.6° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
12h 17m 18s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 193 347 km
93 325 819 mi
Colombo ↔ Sun, nearest point: 149 500 366 km
92 895 221 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT+05:30 |
| Latitude: | 6.93194° |
| Longitude: | 79.84778° |
| Country: | Sri Lanka Western |
| Population: | 648 034 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 04:50:55 | 4h 50m 55s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 04:50:55 | 05:15:43 | 24m 48s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:15:43 | 05:40:25 | 24m 42s | |
| Civil Twilight | 05:40:25 | 06:01:34 | 21m 9s | |
| Daylight | 06:01:34 | 18:18:52 | 12h 17m 18s | |
| Civil Twilight | 18:18:52 | 18:40:01 | 21m 9s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 18:40:01 | 19:04:43 | 24m 42s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 19:04:43 | 19:29:31 | 24m 48s | |
| Night | 19:29:31 | 23:59:59 | 4h 30m 28s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: -25.3° (
20:00)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 285° (
20:00)
Solar noon
| Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow | |||
| date: | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-18 | 2026-04-19 |
| Day: | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Sunrise: | 06:02:24 | 06:01:59 | 06:01:34 | 06:01:10 | 06:00:46 |
| Solar noon: | 12:10:41 | 12:10:27 | 12:10:13 | 12:10:00 | 12:09:46 |
| Sunset: | 18:18:58 | 18:18:55 | 18:18:52 | 18:18:49 | 18:18:47 |
| Day Length: | 12h 16m 34s | 12h 16m 56s | 12h 17m 18s | 12h 17m 39s | 12h 18m 1s |
Colombo sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):