Current time in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, keeps India Standard Time at UTC+05:30 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Bengaluru
20:52:07
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+05:30
Time zone in Bengaluru
Sunrise and sunset in Bengaluru
Sun and clock in Bengaluru
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Bengaluru comes at 12:20, because the city lies about 5° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Asia/Kolkata is named after Kolkata, 1,560 km to the north-east. The sun crosses the meridian over Bengaluru 43 minutes later than over Kolkata, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Bengaluru
On the same clock, the sun rises in Bengaluru between 25 min and 1 h 2 min later and sets between 24 min and 1 h 1 min later than in Kolkata, depending on the date, and Bengaluru’s longest day is 38 minutes shorter than Kolkata’s.
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Bengaluru’s latitude; the closest, Manila at 14.6°N, has a longest day 6 minutes longer.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:18 | 17:50 | 11 h 32 m |
| December 15 | 06:34 | 17:56 | 11 h 22 m |
| January 15 | 06:46 | 18:12 | 11 h 27 m |
| February 15 | 06:42 | 18:25 | 11 h 43 m |
| March 15 | 06:27 | 18:30 | 12 h 3 m |
| April 15 | 06:07 | 18:32 | 12 h 25 m |
| May 15 | 05:54 | 18:38 | 12 h 43 m |
| June 15 | 05:54 | 18:47 | 12 h 53 m |
| July 15 | 06:01 | 18:50 | 12 h 49 m |
| August 15 | 06:07 | 18:41 | 12 h 33 m |
| September 15 | 06:09 | 18:21 | 12 h 12 m |
| October 15 | 06:10 | 18:01 | 11 h 51 m |
When the clocks change in Bengaluru
Bengaluru 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 Bengaluru from another time zone
| Place | Bengaluru’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 Bengaluru time | 2 h 30 min to 3 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 12:30–20:30 | 4 h 30 min, 09:00–13:30 Bengaluru time | always 4 h 30 min |
Bengaluru compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Bengaluru | 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, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai | 290 km east | same clock | 11 minutes earlier |
| Hyderabad | 500 km north | same clock | 4 minutes earlier |
| Colombo | 720 km south | same clock | 9 minutes earlier |
| Pune | 740 km north-west | same clock | 15 minutes later |
| Mumbai | 850 km north-west | same clock | 19 minutes later |
| Ahmedabad | 1,240 km north-west | same clock | 20 minutes later |
| Kolkata | 1,560 km north-east | same clock | 43 minutes earlier |
| Jaipur | 1,560 km north | same clock | 7 minutes later |
Beyond Bengaluru’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Colombo, 720 km to the south, 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 Bengaluru in?
Bengaluru keeps Asia/Kolkata, India Standard Time, at UTC+05:30 all year. The identifier is named after Kolkata; Bengaluru has shown the same time as Kolkata since at least 1970.
Is all of India on the same time as Bengaluru?
Yes. Asia/Kolkata is the tz database’s only entry for India, and Bengaluru keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Bengaluru?
Sri Lanka keeps exactly Bengaluru’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Bengaluru and Karachi?
The clock in Karachi, Pakistan, about 1,730 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 30 min behind Bengaluru.