Current Time in IST (India Standard Time)

About India Standard Time (IST)

India Standard Time is notable for its half-hour offset (UTC+5:30) rather than a whole hour, and it applies uniformly across all of India despite the country spanning a wide range of longitudes.

India has not observed daylight saving time since a brief experiment decades ago, so IST is one of the more predictable timezones to convert against — its offset from UTC never changes.

• UTC offset: UTC+5:30
• Daylight saving: India does not observe daylight saving time — IST stays at a fixed UTC+5:30 all year.
• Common cities/regions: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai