IST (Indian Standard Time) is the official time zone of India and Sri Lanka. The time zone offset of IST Indian is UTC +05:30, which means it is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Indian Standard Time does not follow daylight saving time, so the time remains the same throughout the year.
Current Time and Date IST India
IST is used across India in major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, and many more.
Since the mid-20th century, Indian Standard Time has been the official time standard for the country, ensuring a single, uniform time zone nationwide.