Current Time in Delhi

About time in Delhi

Delhi runs on India Standard Time, abbreviated IST, at UTC+5:30. Note that this IST means India Standard Time and should not be confused with Irish Standard Time, which shares the same letters but a very different offset. The whole of India keeps this one clock, so the capital and every other city change together, or rather never change at all. With no daylight saving, Delhi holds its half-hour offset steadily through every season.

Delhi does not make seasonal clock changes under its current rules. Its offset is UTC+5:30 (no DST). The live clock above reads Delhi's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in Delhi through 2026

Delhi sits at about 28.6°N, 77.2°E. The longest day of 2026 is June 17, with 13h 58m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 18, with 10h 19m, a difference of 3 h 39 min. At this latitude the seasons change day length noticeably but not dramatically, so the working day has usable daylight all year.

The earliest sunrise of the year comes around June 8 (05:22) and the latest sunset around June 22 (19:22). These are not exactly on the solstice because the sun’s position runs slightly ahead of or behind clock time during the year.

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 12:28 local time in late March, 12:22 in late June and 12:19 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 12:21 on average, about 21 minutes after 12:00, a modest gap between clock and sun time in Delhi.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in Delhi (2026–2027)

Delhi keeps the same offset all year. No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027 under the time-zone rules used for this page. Its gap to cities that do observe daylight saving still changes when they move their clocks: in January Delhi is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of London and 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.