Current time in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Telangana, India, keeps India Standard Time at UTC+05:30 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Hyderabad
20:52:07
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+05:30
Time zone in Hyderabad
Sunrise and sunset in Hyderabad
Sun and clock in Hyderabad
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Hyderabad comes at 12:16, because the city lies about 4° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Asia/Kolkata is named after Kolkata, 1,180 km to the north-east. The sun crosses the meridian over Hyderabad 40 minutes later than over Kolkata, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Hyderabad
On the same clock, the sun rises in Hyderabad between 29 and 50 minutes later and sets between 29 and 50 minutes later than in Kolkata, depending on the date, and Hyderabad’s longest day is 21 minutes shorter than Kolkata’s.
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Hyderabad’s latitude; the closest, Mexico City at 19.4°N, has a longest day 8 minutes longer.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:21 | 17:40 | 11 h 19 m |
| December 15 | 06:38 | 17:44 | 11 h 6 m |
| January 15 | 06:49 | 18:01 | 11 h 12 m |
| February 15 | 06:43 | 18:18 | 11 h 35 m |
| March 15 | 06:24 | 18:26 | 12 h 2 m |
| April 15 | 06:00 | 18:32 | 12 h 32 m |
| May 15 | 05:44 | 18:41 | 12 h 57 m |
| June 15 | 05:42 | 18:51 | 13 h 10 m |
| July 15 | 05:50 | 18:54 | 13 h 4 m |
| August 15 | 05:59 | 18:42 | 12 h 43 m |
| September 15 | 06:04 | 18:19 | 12 h 15 m |
| October 15 | 06:09 | 17:55 | 11 h 46 m |
When the clocks change in Hyderabad
Hyderabad 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 Hyderabad from another time zone
| Place | Hyderabad’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 Hyderabad time | 2 h 30 min to 3 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 12:30–20:30 | 4 h 30 min, 09:00–13:30 Hyderabad time | always 4 h 30 min |
Hyderabad compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Hyderabad | 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, Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 500 km south | same clock | 4 minutes later |
| Pune | 510 km west | same clock | 19 minutes later |
| Chennai | 520 km south | same clock | 7 minutes earlier |
| Mumbai | 620 km west | same clock | 22 minutes later |
| Ahmedabad | 880 km north-west | same clock | 24 minutes later |
| Jaipur | 1,100 km north | same clock | 11 minutes later |
| Colombo | 1,170 km south | same clock | 5 minutes earlier |
| Kolkata | 1,180 km north-east | same clock | 40 minutes earlier |
Beyond Hyderabad’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Colombo, 1,170 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 Hyderabad in?
Hyderabad keeps Asia/Kolkata, India Standard Time, at UTC+05:30 all year. The identifier is named after Kolkata; Hyderabad has shown the same time as Kolkata since at least 1970.
Is all of India on the same time as Hyderabad?
Yes. Asia/Kolkata is the tz database’s only entry for India, and Hyderabad keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Hyderabad?
Sri Lanka keeps exactly Hyderabad’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Hyderabad and Kathmandu?
The clock in Kathmandu, Nepal, about 1,350 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 15 min ahead of Hyderabad.