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IST: India Standard Time
India Standard Time, UTC+5:30 right now. Used in India. No daylight saving time.
IST, India Standard Time
IST
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
UTC+5:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- Full name
- India Standard Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+5:30
- Standard time
- UTC+5:30
- Daylight saving
- No
- Reference zone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Where
- India
Daylight saving time in IST
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+5:30 all year.
Countries and cities on IST
Where India Standard Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone.
| City | Local time | Compared to IST |
|---|---|---|
| IndiaMumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru | Wed 9:21 AM | Same time |
| Sri LankaColombo, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Maharagama | Wed 9:21 AM | Same time |
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Frequently asked questions
Ask a questionThe clock at the top of this page shows the current time in India Standard Time (IST), following the rules of the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It is UTC+5:30 at the moment.
IST stands for India Standard Time. It is used in India.
IST is UTC+5:30, all year round.
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+5:30 all year.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.