New DelhiIndia
Current time in New Delhi, India
Friday, 25 September 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockNew Delhi time at a glance
- Country
- India
- Location
- Capital city of India
- Time zone
Asia/Kolkata- UTC offset now
UTC+05:30- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
New Delhi time guide
Does New Delhi change its clocks?
UTC+05:30.- Year-round offset
- India Standard Time (IST), UTC+05:30
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Kolkata
- New Delhi and London
- 5 hours 30 minutes ahead during GMT; 4 hours 30 minutes ahead during BST
- New Delhi and New York
- 10 hours 30 minutes ahead during EST; 9 hours 30 minutes ahead during EDT
Capital district and wider Delhi
New Delhi District is not the whole NCT
India's 2011 census counted 142,004 residents in New Delhi District, then one of nine districts in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The NCT and its urban agglomeration are far larger geographic units.
Time-zone identity for New Delhi
- IANA zone
Asia/Kolkata- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:30
- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
New Delhi is currently 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in New Delhi
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 New Delhi
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Kolkata, 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 New Delhi, capital of India
New Delhi is the capital of India. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of India
- Administrative area
- Delhi, India
- Population
- 317,797
- Coordinates
- 28.6214° N, 77.2148° E. The elevation is 211 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near New Delhi
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from New Delhi. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- DelhiIndia3.8 km northeast
Asia/KolkataSame local time - Karol BāghDelhi, India4.1 km northwest
Asia/KolkataSame local time - Gharonda Neemka BangarDelhi, India7.2 km east
Asia/KolkataSame local time - Delhi CantonmentDelhi, India8.3 km west
Asia/KolkataSame local time - JāfarābādDelhi, India8.4 km northeast
Asia/KolkataSame local time - Murādābād PahāriDelhi, India8.9 km southwest
Asia/KolkataSame local time
Sources for New Delhi 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.
- District Census Handbook: New DelhiOffice of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India · 2011 census · AccessedOfficial district and subdistrict population tables.