Jaffna to Nosara: time difference
Nosara is 11 h 30 min behind Jaffna. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Jaffna 05:54 5:54 AM Nosara 18:24 6:24 PM You –:–
05:54 5:54 AM
India Standard Time · UTC+5:30
☀️ 05:59 · 🌙 17:57
18:24 6:24 PM
Central Standard Time · UTC-6
☀️ 05:32 · 🌙 17:29
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−11 h 30 min
Nosara is 11 h 30 min behind Jaffna.
When you, Jaffna and Nosara are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇱🇰 Jaffna
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇨🇷 Nosara
12:30 12:30 PM 13:30 1:30 PM 14:30 2:30 PM 15:30 3:30 PM 16:30 4:30 PM 17:30 5:30 PM 18:30 6:30 PM 19:30 7:30 PM 20:30 8:30 PM 21:30 9:30 PM 22:30 10:30 PM 23:30 11:30 PM 0:30 12:30 AM 1:30 1:30 AM 2:30 2:30 AM 3:30 3:30 AM 4:30 4:30 AM 5:30 5:30 AM 6:30 6:30 AM 7:30 7:30 AM 8:30 8:30 AM 9:30 9:30 AM 10:30 10:30 AM 11:30 11:30 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇱🇰 Jaffna | 🇨🇷 Nosara |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 05:54 | 18:24 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| Time zone | India Standard Time | Central Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+5:30 | UTC-6 |
| Offset from Jaffna | — | −11 h 30 min |
| IANA zone | Asia/Colombo | America/Costa Rica |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:59 | 05:32 |
| Sunset | 17:57 | 17:29 |
| Daylight | 11 h 58 min | 11 h 58 min |
| People on this clock | 600,000 | 4,912 |
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Jaffna and Nosara: common questions
How many hours behind Jaffna is Nosara?
The clocks in Nosara are 11 hours and 30 minutes behind those in Jaffna (UTC−6 and UTC+5:30).
If it is 9:00 AM in Jaffna, what time is it in Nosara?
At 9:00 AM in Jaffna, clocks in Nosara show 9:30 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Jaffna, what time is it in Nosara?
At 6:00 PM in Jaffna, clocks in Nosara show 6:30 AM.
When is a good time to call Nosara from Jaffna?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) in Jaffna and in Nosara do not overlap. At 9:00 AM in Jaffna it is 9:30 PM (the previous day) in Nosara; when the working day starts in Nosara, it is 8:30 PM in Jaffna.
Until what time in Jaffna is it still yesterday in Nosara?
Before 11:30 AM in Jaffna, the date in Nosara has not changed yet. From 12:30 PM in Nosara, it is already the next day in Jaffna.
Does the time difference between Jaffna and Nosara change?
No. Neither place uses daylight saving time, so the difference stays 11 hours and 30 minutes all year.
