India Standard Time

Commonly abbreviated IST — shown here for reference only; this site always uses the IANA identifier Asia/Kolkata as the source of truth.

13:43:12

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · UTC+05:30

This zone does not observe daylight saving time.

Understand this time zone

How Time Zones Work (and Why They’re Not Always a Whole Hour Apart)Time zones roughly follow 15° slices of longitude, but political borders bend that pattern — including a few zones offset by 30 or 45 minutes.

Cities in this time zone

India Standard Time compared with other time zones

Current local time in major time zones, alongside India Standard Time
Time zone	Time now	Difference
Coordinated Universal Time	08:13	5h 30m behind
Greenwich Mean Time	09:13	4h 30m behind
Indochina Time	15:13	1h 30m ahead
Japan Standard Time	17:13	3h 30m ahead
Korea Standard Time	17:13	3h 30m ahead
Singapore Time	16:13	2h 30m ahead
China Standard Time	16:13	2h 30m ahead
Australian Eastern Time	19:13	5h 30m ahead

Used in: India.