Time in Hyderabad
It is 07:57 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Hyderabad. Hyderabad 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.
Hyderabad shares India’s UTC+05:30 zone (Asia/Kolkata) with no seasonal clock change. Pharma and IT employers book global calls against that fixed half-hour offset.
Typical campus hours run roughly 09:00–18:00, with many teams extending later for US customers. London mornings map to Hyderabad late morning; New York mornings to Hyderabad evenings.
Pharma batch records timestamped “IST” without a zone id will fail audits that expect Olson names. Asia/Kolkata is the correct tag for Hyderabad civil time.
Hyderabad time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- IANA
- Asia/Kolkata
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Hyderabad
Hyderabad is currently on its standard offset. Hyderabad 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 Hyderabad today
The sun rises at 06:04 and sets at 18:16, giving 12 h 13 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:10, 11 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Hyderabad sits west of the 82.5° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:04
- Sunset
- 18:16
- Daylight
- 12 h 13 m
- Solar noon
- 12:10Solar 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 Hyderabad
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Hyderabad and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Hyderabad
These cities share Asia/Kolkata, so they show the same civil time as Hyderabad right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Hyderabad
- Population
- 9,191,000The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Telangana
- Coordinates
- 17.3617° N, 78.4747° 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
- Telugu, Urdu, and English
- Airports
- HYDRajiv Gandhi InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Hyderabad local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Hyderabad
- What time is it in Hyderabad right now?
- It is 07:57 in Hyderabad as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Hyderabad uses the IANA zone Asia/Kolkata, currently +05:30.
- Which time zone is Hyderabad in?
- Hyderabad 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 Hyderabad observe daylight saving time?
- No. Hyderabad stays on +05:30 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Hyderabad ahead of or behind UTC?
- Hyderabad is currently at +05:30. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Hyderabad is 17:30.
Well-known places in Hyderabad
If you are checking the time in Hyderabad because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- CharminarRead more on Wikipedia
- GolcondaRead more on Wikipedia
- Salar Jung MuseumRead more on Wikipedia