Time in India is called India Standard Time (IST). Time in India is +05:30 ahead from UCT. However, Time in India that is currently prevailing is just half hour ahead from Pakistan Standard Time. Although according to longitude passing through 82°33′E India must have two times zones. However, prior to independence from British it had three times zones like Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Time. Current Time in India that is just +05:30 ahead from UTC/GMT and it is half hour ahead from Pakistan.

India Standard Time – IST is five and a half hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time. So if you want to know the standard time of India, then subtract five and half hour in Coordinated Universal Time. Time in India is also known as India Time (IT) and Indian Standard Time (IST). Indian standard time remains the constant entire year and there is no change in this time because of Daylight Saving. Indian standard time is followed in India as well as in Sri Lanka.

The Eastern Standard Time is five hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time. Current local time in India is its standard time, which is not affected by daylight saving time. Time in India now is just UTC+5:30. However, Indian time is abbreviated as IST that is India Standard Time. India is located toward eastern side of Pakistan that is why it is just half hour ahead from Pakistan official time. However, Indian standard time is nine and half hours ahead from the United States standard time.

Cities in India

Mumbai	Delhi	Bangalore	Calcutta
Chennai	Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	Pune
Surat	Jaipur	Lucknow	Indore
Patna	Bhopal	Ludhiana	Agra
Vadodara	Nashik	Thane	Meerut
Rajkot	Amritsar	Vishakhapatnam	Jabalpur
Aurangabad	Solapur	Srinagar	Chandigarh
Coimbatore	Madurai	Gauhati	Guwahati
Gwalior	Vijayawada	Mysore	Ranchi
Jalandhar	Trivandrum	Salem	Tiruchirappalli
Bhubaneshwar	Raipur	Cochin	Amravati
Sangli	Warangal	Guntur	Dehra Dun
Gulbarga	Jammu

Time difference from India