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Current time in Pita Kotte

Friday, 17 July 2026

Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka · Asia/Colombo · UTC+05:30

Time-zone identity for Pita Kotte

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.

Pita Kotte 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 Pita Kotte

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 Pita Kotte

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

27°C

Partly cloudy

Feels like
32°C
Humidity
89%
Wind
13.7 km/h SW
Recent precipitation
0.2 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 29°C74% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.5 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby25°C to 29°C80% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.2 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby25°C to 28°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h

Forecast valid from 04:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:28:13.236Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:43:13.236Z.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Pita Kotte

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 Pita Kotte

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 Pita Kotte

Location details for Pita Kotte in Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Administrative area
Western Province, Sri Lanka
Population
118,179
Coordinates
6.8905° N, 79.9015° E. The elevation is 20 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 1230089 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:28:13.216Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:28:13.236Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:28:13.235Z

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.