Time in Bangalore
It is 07:57 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Bangalore. Bangalore is in India. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Kolkata at +05:30 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Bangalore (Bengaluru) uses India Standard Time at UTC+05:30 year-round. Tech campuses follow the national half-hour offset, which trips software that assumes whole-hour zones.
IT and services teams frequently bridge US and European customers: late evenings cover US East Coast mornings, while European mornings align with Bangalore’s late morning and early afternoon.
Campus badges and VPN logs that assume whole-hour zones will shift Bangalore sessions by thirty minutes against UTC. Pin Asia/Kolkata in every system, including CI cron.
Bangalore time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- IANA
- Asia/Kolkata
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Bangalore
Bangalore is currently on its standard offset. Bangalore does not change its clocks. The offset stays +05:30 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Bangalore today
The sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 18:19, giving 12 h 11 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:14, 14 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Bangalore sits west of the 82.5° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:08
- Sunset
- 18:19
- Daylight
- 12 h 11 m
- Solar noon
- 12:14Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Bangalore
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Bangalore and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Bangalore
These cities share Asia/Kolkata, so they show the same civil time as Bangalore right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Bangalore
- Population
- 12,327,000The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Karnataka
- Coordinates
- 12.9791° N, 77.5913° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Indian Rupee (INR)
- Calling code
- +91Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Kannada and English
- Airports
- BLRKempegowda InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Bangalore local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Bangalore
- What time is it in Bangalore right now?
- It is 07:57 in Bangalore as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Bangalore uses the IANA zone Asia/Kolkata, currently +05:30.
- Which time zone is Bangalore in?
- Bangalore is in the IST time zone (Asia/Kolkata), currently +05:30. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Bangalore observe daylight saving time?
- No. Bangalore stays on +05:30 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Bangalore ahead of or behind UTC?
- Bangalore is currently at +05:30. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Bangalore is 17:30.
Well-known places in Bangalore
If you are checking the time in Bangalore because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Lalbagh Botanical GardenRead more on Wikipedia
- Bannerghatta National ParkRead more on Wikipedia
- Bengaluru PalaceRead more on Wikipedia