In which country is the Asia/Kolkata timezone located?

The timezone Asia/Kolkata is mainly used in India .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Asia/Kolkata . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Asia/Kolkata to UTC?

The current time difference for Asia/Kolkata is exactly UTC+05:30 .

Timezone

Asia/Kolkata

UTC +05:30 IST DST off

11:50:53

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 11:50:53 AM

Wk 10

Day 63/365

Unix 1772605253

Day progress

since 00:00 11:50:53 until 24:00 12:09:07

Current time in Asia/Kolkata

The details for Asia/Kolkata are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-03-04T11:50:53+0530
RFC 3339: 2026-03-04T11:50:53+05:30
RFC 2822: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:50:53 +0530
Ordinal Day of the Week: 3
Ordinal Day of the Year: 63
Ordinal Week Number: 10
ISO week date: 2026-W10-3
Quarter: 1
Epoch (milliseconds): 1772605253541

Timezone Details

Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
Timezone Abbreviation: IST
ISO-3166-2: IN
Country Name: India
Latitude: 22.53333
Longitude: 88.36666
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation IST: Asia/Calcutta, Asia/Jerusalem, Asia/Tel Aviv and Israel

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-03-04T06:20:53+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +05:30
Display UTC offset: UTC+05:30
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 19800
Unixtime: 1772605253

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+05:30

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "iso_week_date": "2026-W10-3",
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    "has_dst": false,
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    "dst_last": null,
    "dst_last_local": null,
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    "dst_next": null,
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    "dst_next_utc": null,
    "dst_offset": 19800,
    "dst_from": null,
    "dst_until": null,
    "raw_offset": 19800,
    "timezone": "Asia\/Kolkata",
    "unixtime": 1772605253,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-03-04T06:20:53+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+05:30",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+05:30",
    "rfc3339": "2026-03-04T11:50:53+05:30",
    "rfc2822": "Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:50:53 +0530",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'IST'
datetime: '2026-03-04T11:50:53+0530'
day_of_week: 3
day_of_year: 63
week_number: 10
iso_week_date: '2026-W10-3'
quarter: 1
epoch_ms: 1772605253541
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 19800
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 19800
timezone: 'Asia/Kolkata'
unixtime: 1772605253
utc_datetime: '2026-03-04T06:20:53+0000'
utc_offset: '+05:30'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+05:30'
rfc3339: '2026-03-04T11:50:53+05:30'
rfc2822: 'Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:50:53 +0530'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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