Time in Delhi
It is 06:57 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Delhi. Delhi 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.
Delhi uses India Standard Time (Asia/Kolkata) at UTC+05:30 year-round — a half-hour offset with no daylight saving, so meeting math always includes that extra thirty minutes.
Government and corporate hours often start near 09:30–10:00 and run into the early evening. Overlap with London is strongest mid-morning in Delhi; US East Coast mornings arrive in the Delhi night.
Write 14:30 IST only if you also name Asia/Kolkata or “India Standard Time.” Bare IST is Irish Summer Time in UK government documents.
Delhi time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- IANA
- Asia/Kolkata
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Delhi
Delhi is currently on its standard offset. Delhi 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 Delhi today
The sun rises at 06:07 and sets at 18:24, giving 12 h 17 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:15, 16 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Delhi sits west of the 82.5° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:07
- Sunset
- 18:24
- Daylight
- 12 h 17 m
- Solar noon
- 12:15Solar 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 Delhi
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Delhi and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Delhi
These cities share Asia/Kolkata, so they show the same civil time as Delhi right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Delhi
- Population
- 26,495,000The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 28.6667° N, 77.2167° 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
- Hindi and English
- Airports
- DELIndira Gandhi InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Delhi local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Delhi
- What time is it in Delhi right now?
- It is 06:57 in Delhi as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Delhi uses the IANA zone Asia/Kolkata, currently +05:30.
- Which time zone is Delhi in?
- Delhi 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 Delhi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Delhi stays on +05:30 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Delhi ahead of or behind UTC?
- Delhi is currently at +05:30. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Delhi is 17:30.
Well-known places in Delhi
If you are checking the time in Delhi because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Red FortRead more on Wikipedia
- Qutb MinarRead more on Wikipedia
- Humayun's TombRead more on Wikipedia