India Standard Time (IST)
What is IST Time?
Indian Standard Time (IST) is the official time zone of India.
IST = UTC +5:30, which means it is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
This time is used all over India and Sri Lanka.
India has only one time zone, IST does not follow daylight saving time.
The time is calculated from the 82.5° East longitude, which passes near Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
