Time in Varanasi now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Varanasi time zone info
UTC +5:30
India Standard Time (GMT+5:30)
now 10.5 hours ahead of Chicago
- Varanasi does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Varanasi is Asia/Kolkata.
Varanasi's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 4:45 PM
- Sunset: 5:19 AM
- Day length: 12h 34m
- Culmination: 11:02 PM
- Currently Varanasi time is 662 minutes behind apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Varanasi
UTC
−5.5 hours
Varanasi on the map
- Varanasi is in India.
- Latitude: 25.32. Longitude: 82.97.
- Population: 1,198,491
- India: Population: 1,428,000,000