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Current time in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Friday, 17 July 2026

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka · Asia/Colombo · UTC+05:30

Time-zone identity for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

IANA zone
Asia/Colombo
UTC offset now
UTC+05:30
Current zone label
GMT+5:30
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is currently 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Weather now

Weather in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Conditions near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

27°C

Partly cloudy

Feels like
31°C
Humidity
89%
Wind
15.8 km/h SW
Recent precipitation
0.2 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 29°C72% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.6 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 28°C79% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 28°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h

Forecast valid from 04:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:28:30.968Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:43:30.968Z.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Colombo, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Sun and Moon today

Sun and Moon in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Colombo local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise
06:02
Sunset
18:31
Solar noon
12:17
Civil twilight
05:40–18:53

Moon

Moonrise
08:41
Moonset
21:13
Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illumination
11%

Location context

About Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Location details for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Administrative area
Western Province, Sri Lanka
Population
219,827
Coordinates
6.8402° N, 79.8712° E. The elevation is 16 metres.

Country context

Sri Lanka at a glance

Country information for Sri Lanka. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital
Colombo
Country codes
LK · LKA · 144
Population
21,670,000
Currency
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Calling code
+94
Languages
Sinhala, Tamil, and English
Time zones represented
1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Asia/Colombo.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for Asia/Colombo when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 1234569 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:28:30.888Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:28:30.968Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:28:30.967Z

View calculation details and sources
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    GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessed
    Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
    United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed
    Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.