Current time in Mumbai, India
The current local time in Mumbai is shown below. Mumbai observes IST.
Daylight saving time
Mumbai does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Standard abbreviation
- IST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Business hours
- 10:00 – 18:00 local
Mumbai in context
Mumbai occupies a chain of coastal islands and reclaimed peninsulas on the western coast of India, fronting the Arabian Sea and facing the Sahyadri mountains inland. The city proper holds around 12 million residents within Greater Mumbai, with the wider metropolitan region including Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Kalyan reaching above 20 million. It is the financial capital of India and the largest city in Maharashtra state, separated from the Konkan coast to the south by Mumbai Harbour.
Timezone history of Mumbai
India operates on a single timezone, Indian Standard Time, set at UTC+5:30 from the central meridian passing through the city of Prayagraj in the north-central plains. The half-hour offset is one of only a handful in the world and reflects the country's compromise between covering its 2,900-kilometre east-to-west span and matching solar time at any particular point. The result is that Mumbai's clocks read several minutes ahead of true solar noon, while Kolkata in the east is more substantially adrift. India has never operated daylight saving.
Working hours in Mumbai
Mumbai's working day typically runs from 10:00 to 19:00, somewhat later than European patterns and reflecting both the city's commute distances and the legacy of its trading floor culture. Lunch is brief, often taken in office cafeterias or via the city's distinctive dabbawala lunchbox delivery network. The monsoon season from June to September can disrupt commute timing significantly. Public holidays cluster around Diwali in October or November, Holi in March, the Hindu New Year, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, Christmas, and several Maharashtra-specific festivals.