IST: India Standard Time
India Standard Time, UTC+5:30 right now. Used in India. No daylight saving time.
IST · India Standard Time
IST
Tuesday, October 27, 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. Open a city for its clock, sunrise and sunset, and the time difference to the rest of the world.
Convert IST
Frequently asked questions
The 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.