Current time in Bengaluru, India
The current local time in Bengaluru is shown below. Bengaluru observes IST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Bengaluru does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Calcutta
- Standard abbreviation
- IST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Bengaluru?
Bengaluru shares Indian Standard Time with the rest of the country. The city's southern position places it at around 12.9 degrees north, comfortably within the tropics with notably less seasonal day-length variation than Delhi or Kolkata in the northern plains. The longitude of around 77.6 degrees east means solar noon arrives close to the clock noon set by the IST meridian. India's continued use of a single national offset has been periodically debated for southern cities like Bengaluru, but no proposal to introduce zones has reached legislation.
What are the working hours in Bengaluru?
Bengaluru's working economy is dominated by the technology sector, with the city housing the headquarters or major operations of Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Flipkart, and most international software firms operating in India. Office hours run 09:30 to 19:00 with significant variation: the IT services sector commonly extends shifts late into the evening to overlap with US East and West Coast clients, with night-shift operations supporting US business hours. The city's substantial bar and restaurant culture has earned it a reputation as the country's most active night-life city.
Where is Bengaluru?
Bengaluru sits on the Deccan plateau at around 920 metres elevation in southern Karnataka, the highest of India's major cities. The municipal population is around 8.4 million, with the wider Bengaluru Urban district above 13 million. The cooler altitude produces a notably milder climate than other south Indian cities, with average highs rarely above 30 degrees even in summer. The city's lakes, originally part of a network of tanks and reservoirs constructed by Karnataka's kingdoms, have largely been lost to urbanisation over the past century.