I am trying to find suspended particulate matter using landsat 8 image. However upon finding the SPM concentration I also need to know at what time of the day the image was captured.
Hey there! when you download the imagery there is always a notepad file in it containing all the info about the imagery. Look into that file! hope it will help.
The zip file of L8 data shipped with meta data files. You can use *MTL.txt (Example: LC08_L1TP_147047_20181110_20181127_01_T1_MTL) to find the time stamps.
The line number 24 and 25 in that file are may be what you are looking for:
DATE_ACQUIRED = 2018-11-10
SCENE_CENTER_TIME = "05:27:45.2159489Z"
This time is in GMT, so you need to add +5.5 to convert to IST.
A example MTL file of L8 pertain to Pune is added for reference (Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey).