Current time in India
Local time in India
The time in India is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC and 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in India
| Current time |
2:20 p.m.
|
| Timezone | India Standard Time (IST) |
| Olson timezone name | Asia/Kolkata |
| Time difference | 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Ashburn |
| 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC |
India Daylight Saving time (DST)
India does not observe daylight savings.India
India uses India Standard Time IST. IST is UTC +0530. IST is one of the exceptions, most time zone are offset to UTC by a number of whole hours. India is a very big country . It takes the sun almost two hours to “travel” from the eastern border to the western border. UTC +0600 would be suitable for the east and UTC +0500 would be suitable for the west of the country. Therefore UTC +0530 is an nice compromise. India doesn’t observe daylight savings time.
Important cities in India
The current time in some important cities in India is shown below.