About India Standard Time
- Standard offset
- UTC+5:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- Observes DST
- No
Used in: India, Sri Lanka.
India runs on a single clock from Gujarat in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. Nearly 2,000 miles and wide enough to justify two zones, but held to one as a deliberate act of national unity after independence in 1947.
Daylight saving time
India Standard Time does not observe daylight saving time — it stays at UTC+5:30 all year.
See the daylight saving time page for transition dates across every time zone.
Daylight today
Sun times at the representative location for India Standard Time.
- Sunrise
- 6:01 AM
- Sunset
- 7:15 PM
- Day length
- 13h 14m
Major cities in India Standard Time
The current local time in these cities matches India Standard Time.
- MumbaiIN
- DelhiIN
- BengaluruIN
- HyderabadIN
- AhmedabadIN
- ChennaiIN
- KolkataIN
- SuratIN
- PuneIN
- JaipurIN
- KanpurIN
- Navi MumbaiIN
- LucknowIN
- NagpurIN
- CoimbatoreIN
- IndoreIN
- ThāneIN
- VadodaraIN
- BhopalIN
- RasapūdipalemIN
- Pimpri-ChinchwadIN
- PatnaIN
- KallakurichiIN
- LudhianaIN
- NashikIN
- MaduraiIN
- TirunelveliIN
- AgraIN
- FaridabadIN
- RājkotIN
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Frequently asked questions
- What is India Standard Time (IST)?
- India Standard Time (IST) is UTC+5:30 — a half-hour offset shared by 1.4 billion people across a single nationwide zone.
- What is IST in UTC?
- IST is UTC+5:30, the same all year.
- Does India Standard Time observe daylight saving time?
- No. India Standard Time stays at UTC+5:30 year-round.