Sunrise in Kolkata today
September 4, 2026 · Kolkata, India
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Sunrise in Kolkata today is at 05:21. Day length is 12h 32m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Kolkata's coordinates and updated daily.
Kolkata lies at 23°N. In Kolkata, day length ranges from 10h 45m in winter to 13h 31m in summer — a swing of about 2h 46m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Kolkata today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 41 minutes earlier in Kolkata than in Delhi, 1304 km to the west-northwest.
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 Kolkata.
The longest day in Kolkata is around 13h 31m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 45m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Kolkata by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:20 | 17:13 | 10h 54m |
| February | 06:10 | 17:34 | 11h 24m |
| March | 05:47 | 17:46 | 11h 60m |
| April | 05:17 | 17:57 | 12h 40m |
| May | 04:57 | 18:10 | 13h 13m |
| June | 04:53 | 18:23 | 13h 30m |
| July | 05:01 | 18:25 | 13h 24m |
| August | 05:14 | 18:10 | 12h 56m |
| September | 05:24 | 17:42 | 12h 18m |
| October | 05:33 | 17:13 | 11h 39m |
| November | 05:50 | 16:54 | 11h 4m |
| December | 06:09 | 16:55 | 10h 46m |