Current time in Pune, India
The current local time in Pune is shown below. Pune observes IST.
Daylight saving time
Pune does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Calcutta
- Standard abbreviation
- IST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Pune in context
Pune sits on the Deccan Plateau in western Maharashtra at an elevation of around 560 metres, about 150 kilometres southeast of Mumbai. The municipal population is around 3.1 million, with the wider Pune metropolitan area exceeding 7 million. The city sits at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers, with the Western Ghats forming a sharp escarpment to the west and the gentler plateau extending east toward the rest of the state.
Timezone history of Pune
Pune shares Indian Standard Time at UTC+5:30 with the rest of the country. The city's longitude of around 73.85 degrees east places it slightly west of the central IST meridian, with solar noon arriving around three minutes after the official clock noon, far closer to solar time than cities in eastern India. The half-hour national offset means Pune's clock is 30 minutes ahead of Pakistan to the northwest and 30 minutes behind Bangladesh to the east.
Working hours in Pune
Pune's working economy is built around the technology sector, with major IT services and software development centres for Infosys, Wipro, TCS, and a substantial automotive engineering cluster including Tata Motors and Bajaj Auto. Office hours run 09:30 to 18:30, with the IT sector keeping later hours that extend significantly into the evening to overlap with US and European clients. The city's reputation for educational institutions (Pune is sometimes called the 'Oxford of the East') produces a substantial student population that shapes much of the after-hours commercial life.