The current India Standard Time, ticking live, with today's Indian date, the constant UTC +05:30 offset and a side-by-side UTC clock.
India Standard Time
Coordinated Universal Time
United Kingdom Time
THE CLOCKS ABOVE ALWAYS SHOW THE LIVE CURRENT TIME. THE ROLLER BELOW IS A LOOKUP TOOL — ROTATING IT NEVER CHANGES THEM.
IST is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC
GMT/BST is 1 hour ahead of UTC
India is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of United Kingdom
| UTC | IST | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:30 | Same day |
| 01:00 | 06:30 | Same day |
| 02:00 | 07:30 | Same day |
| 03:00 | 08:30 | Same day |
| 04:00 | 09:30 | Same day |
| 05:00 | 10:30 | Same day |
| 06:00 | 11:30 | Same day |
| 07:00 | 12:30 | Same day |
| 08:00 | 13:30 | Same day |
| 09:00 | 14:30 | Same day |
| 10:00 | 15:30 | Same day |
| 11:00 | 16:30 | Same day |
| 12:00 | 17:30 | Same day |
| 13:00 | 18:30 | Same day |
| 14:00 | 19:30 | Same day |
| 15:00 | 20:30 | Same day |
| 16:00 | 21:30 | Same day |
| 17:00 | 22:30 | Same day |
| 18:00 | 23:30 | Same day |
| 19:00 | 00:30 | Next day in India |
| 20:00 | 01:30 | Next day in India |
| 21:00 | 02:30 | Next day in India |
| 22:00 | 03:30 | Next day in India |
| 23:00 | 04:30 | Next day in India |
India Standard Time is the single clock used across India, set 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
India Standard Time covers the whole country from a single meridian near Mirzapur (82.5° E), which is why the offset lands on a half hour rather than a full hour.
India spans roughly 30 degrees of longitude — enough for two whole time zones. Rather than split the country, the clock was fixed to the 82.5° E meridian, which sits exactly halfway between the UTC +05:00 and UTC +06:00 meridians and produces the half-hour offset.
India does not use daylight saving time. IST stays at UTC +05:30 every day of the year, so a conversion you learn in January still works in July.