Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time
Time zone
  Indian Standard Time
UTC offset
ISTUTC+05:30
Current time
15:38, 28 March 2024 IST [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is not observed in this time zone.

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star").[1] It is indicated as Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.

  1. ^ "Military and Civilian Time Designations". Greenwich Mean Time. Retrieved 2 December 2006.