Sunrise and sunset in Puttalam, Sri Lanka

Sunrise, sunset and twilight for Puttalam today, in local time. At 8° N, days run from 11 h 40 min at the winter solstice to 12 h 36 min at the summer solstice.

  • 17:50sunset today
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In Puttalam, Sri Lanka on Wednesday, October 28, the Sun rises at 05:58 and sets at 17:50.

Day length 11 h 52 min, 23 s shorter than yesterday.

Solar noon at 11:54, with the Sun 69° above the horizon.

Times are Puttalam time (GMT+5:30).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight04:4719:01
Nautical twilight05:1218:36
Civil twilight05:3718:11
Sunrise and sunset05:5817:50
Golden hour05:58–06:2617:21–17:50

Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.

The year in Puttalam

  • Longest day: June 21, 12 h 36 min, from sunrise at 05:54 to sunset at 18:30.
  • Shortest day: December 22, 11 h 40 min, from sunrise at 06:19 to sunset at 17:58.

Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2106:3018:1311 h 44 min
February 2106:2618:2111 h 55 min
March 2106:1418:2112 h 07 min
April 2105:5918:1912 h 20 min
May 2105:5118:2212 h 31 min
June 2105:5418:3012 h 36 min
July 2106:0118:3212 h 31 min
August 2106:0318:2412 h 21 min
September 2106:0018:0712 h 07 min
October 2105:5817:5211 h 55 min
November 2106:0417:4811 h 44 min
December 2106:1817:5811 h 40 min

Good to know

  • Sunrise and sunset mark the moment the Sun’s upper edge touches a level horizon, with the air’s usual bending of light allowed for. Hills, buildings and altitude move what you see by a few minutes.
  • Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
  • Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 8° N, 79.8° E, and accurate to about a minute.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets

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