# IST Time Now: Current India Standard Time | WherOra

> Current India Standard Time (IST, UTC+5:30), live. India has no daylight saving. IST vs EST and PST, and converters.
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# IST time now

**India Standard Time (IST) is UTC+5:30 all year**; it doesn’t change for daylight saving.

Times checked November 1, 2026 against the IANA time zone database. [How WherOra calculates times](https://wherora.com/about/methodology/)

IST can also mean Irish Standard Time (UTC+1, Ireland’s summer time) or Israel Standard Time (UTC+2). This page is about India Standard Time.

## Current time

## What is IST?

All of India uses one time zone, IST (UTC+5:30), with no daylight saving. Sri Lanka uses the same offset.

### Places on IST

- [Mumbai](https://wherora.com/time/mumbai/)
- [New Delhi](https://wherora.com/time/new-delhi/)
- [Bengaluru](https://wherora.com/time/bengaluru/)
- Kolkata

### Convert IST

- [EST to IST](https://wherora.com/convert/est-to-ist/)
- [PST to IST](https://wherora.com/convert/pst-to-ist/)
- [IST to EST](https://wherora.com/convert/ist-to-est/)
- [CST to IST](https://wherora.com/convert/cst-to-ist/)
- [Any time zone](https://wherora.com/convert/)

### Other time zones

- [EST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/est/)
- [PST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/pst/)
- [GMT time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/gmt/)
- [UTC time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/utc/)
- [CET time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/cet/)
- [AEST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/aest/)

Not sure which abbreviation an invite means? Read [time zone abbreviations explained](https://wherora.com/guides/time-zone-abbreviations/).

## IST: quick answers

### Does India use daylight saving time?

No. India Standard Time is UTC+5:30 all year. The time difference with places that change their clocks, such as New York or London, still moves by an hour twice a year.

### Is IST ahead of EST?

Yes. India is 10½ hours ahead of New York right now (EST), and 9½ hours ahead from March 14, when New York changes its clocks. India itself never changes.

### What is IST in UTC and GMT?

IST is UTC+5:30, five and a half hours ahead of UTC and GMT, all year.

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