Bengaluru

India • India Standard Time

Time Zone

Bengaluru uses India Standard Time (IST), currently running at UTC+5:30 (year-round). India does not observe daylight saving time, and the entire country uses a single time zone: IST at UTC+5:30 year-round.

Business & Commerce

Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India's technology capital, operates on India Standard Time (IST, UTC+5:30) — the single time zone used across the entire country, with no daylight saving adjustment. Bengaluru is the epicenter of India's IT and software services industry, home to the Indian headquarters or major delivery centers of most global technology companies, and a vast outsourcing and offshore-development sector that runs on tightly coordinated schedules with clients in the United States and Europe. IST's unusual half-hour offset means Bengaluru's business day overlaps with the tail end of the U.S. workday in the Eastern and Pacific time zones during evening IST hours, a scheduling reality that shapes daily standups, handoffs, and support rotations for millions of tech workers. At UTC+5:30, Bengaluru is 5.5 hours ahead of London and 10.5 hours ahead of New York in winter.