Current Time: | Mar 17, 2025 at 8:14:12 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 6:15 am↑ 91° East |
Sunset Today: | 6:20 pm↑ 269° West |
Moonrise Today: | 8:41 pm↑ 106° East |
Moonset Today: | 7:59 am↑ 257° West |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 5 minutes (+32s) |
Today's Sun Position in Jaffna
Time: | 8:14 am |
Altitude: | 28.3° |
Direction: | 97° E |
Phase: | Daylight |
Day length today: 12h 4m 56s (Mar 17, 2025)
32 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 16, 2025)
31 minutes, 10 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)
36 minutes, 23 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2024)
The Sun's altitude in Jaffna today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show the times of sunrise and sunset. Altitude and heading are displayed below the graph. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Jaffna Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Jaffna today. Black is nighttime, light blue is daytime. The darker blue shadings represent the twilight phases during dawn (left) and dusk (right). Hover over the graph for more information. How to use this
Night | 12:00 am – 5:06 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 5:06 am – 5:30 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:30 am – 5:54 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:54 am – 6:15 am |
Daylight | 6:15 am – 6:20 pm |
Civil Twilight | 6:20 pm – 6:41 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 6:41 pm – 7:06 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 7:06 pm – 7:30 pm |
Night | 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Jaffna - Next 7 Days
2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 17 | 6:15 am | 6:20 pm | 12:04:56 | +0:32 | 12:18 pm (79.1°) | 92.493 |
Mar 18 | 6:15 am | 6:20 pm | 12:05:28 | +0:32 | 12:17 pm (79.5°) | 92.519 |
Mar 19 | 6:14 am | 6:20 pm | 12:06:00 | +0:32 | 12:17 pm (79.9°) | 92.545 |
Mar 20 | 6:14 am | 6:20 pm | 12:06:32 | +0:32 | 12:17 pm (80.3°) | 92.571 |
Mar 21 | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 12:07:05 | +0:32 | 12:17 pm (80.7°) | 92.598 |
Mar 22 | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 12:07:37 | +0:32 | 12:16 pm (81.1°) | 92.624 |
Mar 23 | 6:12 am | 6:20 pm | 12:08:09 | +0:32 | 12:16 pm (81.5°) | 92.651 |
* All times are local time for Jaffna. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The March equinox (vernal equinox) in Jaffna is at 2:31 pm on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?
Equinoxes & Solstices 2025
March equinox | Mar 20 | 2:31 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 21 | 8:12 am |
September equinox | Sep 22 | 11:49 pm |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 8:33 pm |
* All times are local Jaffna time. |
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Today's Moon in Jaffna
Percent Illuminated: | 92.9% |
Time: | 8:14 am |
Altitude: | -4.4° |
Direction: | 257° W |
Position: | Waning Gibbous |
The Moon's path in Jaffna today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show times and headings of moonrise and moonset. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Moon in Jaffna - Next 7 days
2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Mar | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Mar 17 | - | 7:59 am | 8:41 pm | 1:58 am | (68.2°) | 251,937 | 94.1% | |||
Mar 18 | - | 8:37 am | 9:28 pm | 2:40 am | (63.0°) | 252,114 | 88.7% | |||
Mar 19 | - | 9:18 am | 10:17 pm | 3:24 am | (58.4°) | 251,685 | 81.9% | |||
Mar 20 | - | 10:03 am | 11:09 pm | 4:11 am | (54.8°) | 250,567 | 73.8% | |||
Mar 21 | - | 10:52 am | - | 5:01 am | (52.2°) | 248,712 | 64.6% | |||
12:03 am | 11:45 am | - | 5:54 am | (51.1°) | 246,124 | 54.7% | ||||
Mar 23 | 12:57 am | 12:40 pm | - | 6:49 am | (51.5°) | 242,877 | 44.3% | |||
* All times are local time for Jaffna. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in Jaffna This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 17, 2025 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Mon 6:52 am | Mon 7:03 pm | Mon 12:58 pm | Very difficult to see |
Venus | Mon 6:30 am | Mon 6:46 pm | Mon 12:38 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Mars | Mon 1:35 pm | Tue 2:15 am | Mon 7:55 pm | Perfect visibility |
Jupiter | Mon 11:01 am | Mon 11:36 pm | Mon 5:19 pm | Fairly good visibility |
Saturn | Mon 6:07 am | Mon 6:04 pm | Mon 12:05 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Uranus | Mon 9:41 am | Mon 10:10 pm | Mon 3:56 pm | Difficult to see |
Neptune | Mon 6:29 am | Mon 6:30 pm | Mon 12:29 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
* All times are local time for Jaffna. |