Current time in New Delhi, India
The current local time in New Delhi is shown below. New Delhi observes IST.
What's the daylight saving status?
New Delhi 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 New Delhi?
New Delhi sits within the same timezone as the rest of India at UTC+5:30, the half-hour offset shared across the country. The capital district functions as the operational headquarters for the central government, and its working calendar shapes much of India's national business day. India shares its unusual half-hour offset with a small group of other countries including Sri Lanka, parts of Australia, and Iran (which is half an hour earlier still).
What are the working hours in New Delhi?
New Delhi's working day is dominated by central government activity, with the ministerial complex along Raisina Hill and the bureaucratic offices of Lutyens' Delhi anchoring the city's daily rhythm. Office hours run 09:30 to 18:00 with a one-hour lunch typically taken around 13:00. The summer heat from May through July routinely exceeds 40°C, pushing significant administrative activity into the early-morning hours and late afternoon, with the monsoon arriving in late June bringing relief and operational disruption in equal measure.
Where is New Delhi?
New Delhi is the administrative capital district within the wider Delhi metropolitan area, a planned city laid out by the British colonial government and inaugurated in 1931. It occupies around 42 square kilometres at the centre of the broader Delhi territory, with around 250,000 permanent residents in the formal NDMC jurisdiction. The geometric layout of avenues radiating from Connaught Place and Rajpath defines the city's distinctive imperial architecture, separated visually and architecturally from the dense lanes of Old Delhi to the north.