Time in Delhi now

5:38PMIST

ISTUTC+5:30+10 h 30 min vs New York (you)Asia/Kolkata

No clock changes: Delhi stays on IST (UTC+5:30) all year.

Clock rules in Delhi

Delhi keeps IST (UTC+5:30) all year, the time of all of India.

There is no daylight saving time; the last summer time here was in 1942.

The weekend in India is Sunday (CLDR, the locale data phones and computers use): plan calls with a Monday-to-Friday office around it.

Local mean solar time at 77.23° E is UTC+5:09, so the clock runs 21 min ahead of the sun: it is highest at about 12:21 PM.

Delhi has kept the same clocks as Kolkata since at least 1970; the zone’s rules, coming changes and history are on the Asia/Kolkata page.

Time difference from Delhi

PlaceWhy listedLocal time nowTheir clock vs DelhiJanuaryJuly
New Delhi Capital · 0 km 5:38 PM Tue, Nov 3 +0 h 0 h 0 h
Islamabad Nearest capitals abroad · 690 km 5:08 PM Tue, Nov 3 −0 h 30 min −30 min −30 min
Kathmandu Nearest capitals abroad · 800 km 5:53 PM Tue, Nov 3 +0 h 15 min +15 min +15 min
Kabul Nearest capitals abroad · 1,000 km 4:38 PM Tue, Nov 3 −1 h −1 h −1 h
New York City World cities 7:08 AM Tue, Nov 3 −10 h 30 min −10 h 30 min −9 h 30 min
Los Angeles World cities 4:08 AM Tue, Nov 3 −13 h 30 min −13 h 30 min −12 h 30 min
London World cities 12:08 PM Tue, Nov 3 −5 h 30 min −5 h 30 min −4 h 30 min
Berlin World cities 1:08 PM Tue, Nov 3 −4 h 30 min −4 h 30 min −3 h 30 min
Dubai World cities 4:08 PM Tue, Nov 3 −1 h 30 min −1 h 30 min −1 h 30 min

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Places near Delhi

PlaceDistanceClock vs Delhi
New Delhi 4 km south-west same clock
Karol Bāgh 4 km west same clock
Gokalpur 8 km north-east same clock
Mustafābād 8 km north-east same clock
Karāwalnagar 9 km north-east same clock
Mandoli 10 km north-east same clock
Dalūpura 10 km south-east same clock
Delhi Cantonment 11 km south-west same clock
Lahore PK 426 km north-west 30 min behind
Kathmandu NP 800 km east 15 min ahead
Kabul AF 1,004 km north-west 1 h behind

Delhi at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Delhi now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Delhi is on UTC+5:30 all year, 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York in January and 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York in July.

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