Time in India 🇮🇳
The current local time in India is anchored on Delhi (Asia/Kolkata, UTC +05:30 · IST).
Delhi local time
Sunday, 11 October 2026 IST
India at a glance
- Capital
- Delhi
- ISO codes
- IN · IND
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +91
- Currency
- Indian Rupee (INR)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Left
Time zones in India
All of India keeps the same clock, UTC +05:30, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Kolkata · Delhi | UTC +05:30 | — | None |
Delhi vs. major cities
How far Delhi is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Delhi, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Delhi | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −9:30 h | 23:30 (prev. day) | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −12:30 h | 20:30 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −8:30 h | 00:30 | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −4:30 h | 04:30 | 13:30–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −3:30 h | 05:30 | 12:30–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −3:30 h | 05:30 | 12:30–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −1:30 h | 07:30 | 10:30–17:00 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Beijing · China | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Tokyo · Japan | +3:30 h | 12:30 | 09:00–13:30 |
Shared office hours are shown in Delhi time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Delhi
Delhi has kept the same UTC +05:30 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Delhi stays on UTC +05:30 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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