Sri Lanka · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kandy, Sri Lanka runs on UTC+5:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 9.5-hour difference between Kandy and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 4.5-hour difference between Kandy and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4.5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 13:30–18:00 in Kandy lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Kandy and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5.5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:30 in Kandy lines up with 12:30–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kandy.
Practical Info
Kandy (Sri Lanka) is home to roughly 130K people. Today brings about 12.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Capital
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
7.29°N, 80.64°E
Currency
LKR (Rs)
Calling Code
+94
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Sinhala, Tamil
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Temple of the Tooth holds a relic said to be the Buddha's left canine, and the Esala Perahera parades it through Kandy each summer with around a hundred elephants and thousands of dancers, over ten nights. The kingdom that held it was the last part of Sri Lanka to fall to the British, in 1815.
The clock: Kandy keeps UTC+5:30. The procession's timing is set by the lunar calendar, so it moves through July and August from year to year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap