Current time in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, keeps India Standard Time at UTC+05:30 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Ahmedabad
20:52:12
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+05:30
Time zone in Ahmedabad
Sunrise and sunset in Ahmedabad
Sun and clock in Ahmedabad
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Ahmedabad comes at 12:40, because the city lies about 10° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Asia/Kolkata is named after Kolkata, 1,620 km to the east. The sun crosses the meridian over Ahmedabad 1 h 3 min later than over Kolkata, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Ahmedabad
On the same clock, the sun rises in Ahmedabad between 1 h 2 min and 1 h 4 min later and sets between 1 h 2 min and 1 h 4 min later than in Kolkata, depending on the date, and Ahmedabad’s longest day is 2 minutes longer than Kolkata’s.
Havana (23.1°N) and Shenzhen (22.5°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Ahmedabad, so their days stay within 2 minutes of Ahmedabad’s all year; the clock in Havana is 9 h 30 min or 10 h 30 min behind Ahmedabad, depending on the date, and in Shenzhen 2 h 30 min ahead of Ahmedabad.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:53 | 17:55 | 11 h 2 m |
| December 15 | 07:13 | 17:57 | 10 h 44 m |
| January 15 | 07:23 | 18:15 | 10 h 52 m |
| February 15 | 07:12 | 18:36 | 11 h 24 m |
| March 15 | 06:49 | 18:49 | 12 h 0 m |
| April 15 | 06:19 | 19:00 | 12 h 41 m |
| May 15 | 05:59 | 19:13 | 13 h 15 m |
| June 15 | 05:54 | 19:26 | 13 h 32 m |
| July 15 | 06:03 | 19:28 | 13 h 25 m |
| August 15 | 06:16 | 19:12 | 12 h 56 m |
| September 15 | 06:26 | 18:44 | 12 h 17 m |
| October 15 | 06:36 | 18:15 | 11 h 38 m |
When the clocks change in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad has no tz database entry of its own: it keeps Asia/Kolkata, named after Kolkata. The database promises that the two clocks have agreed since 1970, and makes no claim for the years before. The rules that entry follows, and how long they have applied, are on the Kolkata page.
Calling Ahmedabad from another time zone
| Place | Ahmedabad’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 03:30–11:30 | — | — |
| New York | 22:30–06:30 (previous day) | none | none all year |
| London | 03:30–11:30 | 2 h 30 min, 14:30–17:00 Ahmedabad time | 2 h 30 min to 3 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 12:30–20:30 | 4 h 30 min, 09:00–13:30 Ahmedabad time | always 4 h 30 min |
Ahmedabad compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Ahmedabad | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 10 h 30 min behind | 10 h 30 min behind / 9 h 30 min behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 5 h 30 min behind | 5 h 30 min behind / 4 h 30 min behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 1 h 30 min behind | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | the same time | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 2 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 3 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 5 h 30 min ahead | 4 h 30 min ahead / 5 h 30 min ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep Asia/Kolkata time: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and Jaipur.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 440 km south | same clock | 1 minute earlier |
| Pune | 520 km south | same clock | 5 minutes earlier |
| Jaipur | 540 km north-east | same clock | 13 minutes earlier |
| Karachi | 600 km west | 30 min behind | 22 minutes later |
| New Delhi | 780 km north-east | same clock | 19 minutes earlier |
| Hyderabad | 880 km south-east | same clock | 24 minutes earlier |
| Lahore | 960 km north | 30 min behind | 7 minutes earlier |
| Islamabad | 1,190 km north | 30 min behind | 2 minutes earlier |
Beyond Ahmedabad’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Colombo, 1,950 km to the south-east, on Asia/Colombo.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Ahmedabad in?
Ahmedabad keeps Asia/Kolkata, India Standard Time, at UTC+05:30 all year. The identifier is named after Kolkata; Ahmedabad has shown the same time as Kolkata since at least 1970.
Is all of India on the same time as Ahmedabad?
Yes. Asia/Kolkata is the tz database’s only entry for India, and Ahmedabad keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Ahmedabad?
Sri Lanka keeps exactly Ahmedabad’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Ahmedabad and Karachi?
The clock in Karachi, Pakistan, about 600 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 30 min behind Ahmedabad.