UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in India[1] and Sri Lanka,[2] and was formerly used in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.[3] It is five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Around 1.4 billion people live inside this time zone, making it the second-most populous after UTC+08:00.[4]
| UTC+05:30 | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
 World map with the time zone highlighted | |
| UTC offset | |
| UTC | UTC+05:30 |
| Current time | |
| 22:11, 9 November 2024 UTC+05:30 [refresh] | |
| Central meridian | |
| 82.5 degrees E | |
| Date-time group | |
| E* | |
As standard time (year-round)
editPrincipal cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Indore, Coimbatore, Prayagraj, Guwahati, Srinagar, Madurai, Mysore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Patna, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Puducherry, Port Blair, Colombo, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kandy
South Asia
edit- India – Indian Standard Time
- Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Standard Time
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "India time". 24timezones.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Time". 24timezones.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "Current local time in India". www.worldtimeserver.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.