Time zone
IST — the standard abbreviation for Mumbai.
See the current time in Mumbai, India. Mumbai runs on India Standard Time, an unusual half-hour offset of UTC+5:30, with no daylight saving changes.
The key facts for Mumbai, India, and how its clock relates to UTC.
Today’s sun times for Mumbai, the next clock change, and the current gap to other major cities.
Choose a date to see where a 09:00 start lands around the world.
Mumbai follows India Standard Time, one of the world's few zones set on a half-hour offset at UTC+5:30. The entire country, from Mumbai on the west coast to the far northeast, shares this single clock rather than splitting into multiple zones. India does not observe daylight saving, so the offset never shifts through the year. That half-hour difference often catches travelers off guard when converting times to London, Dubai, or New York.
Mumbai does not make seasonal clock changes under its current rules. Its offset is UTC+5:30 (no DST). The live clock above reads Mumbai'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.
Mumbai sits at about 19.1°N, 72.9°E. The longest day of 2026 is June 17, with 13h 17m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 15, with 10h 59m, a difference of 2 h 18 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 May 28 (06:00) and the latest sunset around July 2 (19:20). 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 12:45 local time in late March, 12:40 in late June and 12:36 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 12:39 on average, about 39 minutes after 12:00, a modest gap between clock and sun time in Mumbai.
| Date (2026) | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21 | 07:14 | 18:24 | 11h 10m |
| Feb 21 | 07:03 | 18:40 | 11h 37m |
| Mar 21 | 06:42 | 18:49 | 12h 07m |
| Apr 21 | 06:16 | 18:57 | 12h 40m |
| May 21 | 06:02 | 19:08 | 13h 06m |
| Jun 21 | 06:01 | 19:18 | 13h 17m |
| Jul 21 | 06:11 | 19:18 | 13h 07m |
| Aug 21 | 06:21 | 19:02 | 12h 42m |
| Sep 21 | 06:27 | 18:36 | 12h 09m |
| Oct 21 | 06:34 | 18:11 | 11h 38m |
| Nov 21 | 06:49 | 17:59 | 11h 10m |
| Dec 21 | 07:06 | 18:05 | 10h 59m |
Mumbai 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 Mumbai is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of London and 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York.
India uses a single national clock set to the meridian near 82.5 degrees east, which lands at UTC+5:30, half an hour off the usual whole-hour zones.
No. India does not observe daylight saving time, so Mumbai stays at UTC+5:30 all year.
No. All of India, including Mumbai and Delhi, shares one zone, India Standard Time.
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Background guides that explain how Mumbai's clock relates to the rest of the world.