Current IST Time

Live India Standard Time clock with the current Unix timestamp. IST is UTC+5:30 — India uses one timezone nationwide and does not observe daylight saving time.

India Standard Time (IST)

IST (India Standard Time) is UTC+5:30. The half-hour offset is rare globally and a common source of bugs in scheduling software. India spans a wide longitude range but uses a single timezone for the entire country with no daylight saving time. The IANA timezone is Asia/Kolkata (formerly Asia/Calcutta).