ThimphuBhutan
Thimphu time at a glance
- Country
- Bhutan
- Location
- Capital city of Bhutan
- Time zone
Asia/Thimphu- UTC offset now
UTC+06:00- Current zone label
- GMT+6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Thimphu time guide
Why is Thimphu 30 minutes different from India?
UTC+06:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+06:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Thimphu
- Thimphu and India
- 30 minutes ahead throughout the year
- Thimphu and London
- 6 hours ahead of GMT; 5 hours ahead of BST
Thromde and dzongkhag
The municipal city is smaller than the district
Thimphu Thromde describes the municipal capital as a 26 km² area within Thimphu Dzongkhag, extending from Dechencholing to Babesa. Dzongkhag totals include areas outside the city boundary and should remain separately labelled.
Time-zone identity for Thimphu
- IANA zone
Asia/Thimphu- UTC offset now
- UTC+06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+6
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Thimphu is currently 6 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Thimphu
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Thimphu
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Thimphu, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Thimphu, capital of Bhutan
Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Bhutan
- Administrative area
- Thimphu District, Bhutan
- Population
- 98,676
- Coordinates
- 27.4661° N, 89.6419° E. The elevation is 2,320 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Thimphu
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Thimphu. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- PunākhaBhutan27 km northeast
Asia/ThimphuSame local time - TsirangTsirang District, Bhutan69 km southeast
Asia/ThimphuSame local time - PhuntsholingChukha, Bhutan73 km south
Asia/ThimphuSame local time - DhakaDhaka Division, Bangladesh425 km south
Asia/DhakaSame local time - KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal427 km west
Asia/Kathmandu15 minutes behind - Nay Pyi TawMyanmar1,083 km southeast
Asia/Yangon30 minutes ahead
Sources for Thimphu time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- About Thimphu ThromdeThimphu Thromde · Current municipal overview accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial municipal area, district relationship and geographic extent for Thimphu.