Sunrise in Kanpur today
September 4, 2026 · Kanpur, India
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Sunrise in Kanpur today is at 05:50. Day length is 12h 37m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Kanpur's coordinates and updated daily.
Kanpur lies at 26°N. In Kanpur, day length ranges from 10h 29m in winter to 13h 48m in summer — a swing of about 3h 19m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Kanpur today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 35 minutes earlier in Kanpur than in Mumbai, 1123 km to the southwest.
Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Kanpur.
The longest day in Kanpur is around 13h 48m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 29m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Kanpur by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:59 | 17:38 | 10h 39m |
| February | 06:46 | 18:02 | 11h 16m |
| March | 06:19 | 18:18 | 11h 58m |
| April | 05:46 | 18:33 | 12h 46m |
| May | 05:23 | 18:49 | 13h 26m |
| June | 05:16 | 19:03 | 13h 47m |
| July | 05:26 | 19:05 | 13h 39m |
| August | 05:41 | 18:47 | 13h 6m |
| September | 05:55 | 18:15 | 12h 20m |
| October | 06:08 | 17:42 | 11h 34m |
| November | 06:28 | 17:20 | 10h 52m |
| December | 06:50 | 17:19 | 10h 29m |