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CURRENT LOCAL TIME

Time in Chennai, India

· India Standard Time

IST · UTC+5:30—— H FROM YOUASIA/KOLKATA

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Chennai against your time zone

Reading your time zone to compare it with Chennai…

Chennai compared with your time zone, hour by hour, with the working-hour overlap shaded
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Chennai time zone facts

IANA time zoneAsia/Kolkata
Offset nowUTC+5:30 (IST)
Offset all yearUTC+5:30 (IST)
Next clock changeNone — this zone does not change clocks
CountryIndia (IN)
Population4,328,063
Coordinates13.09, 80.28
Places in this zone440

Best hours to reach Chennai

From New York
9½ hours behind Chennai · their morning
19:00–21:00
09:00–11:00 EDT
From San Francisco
12½ hours behind Chennai · their morning
22:00–00:00
09:00–11:00 PDT
From London
4½ hours behind Chennai · their morning
14:00–18:00
09:00–13:00 BST

Local times in Chennai on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.

About time in Chennai

Chennai keeps India Standard Time, UTC+5:30 from UTC all year. The offset never changes, so any difference between you and Chennai moves only when your own clocks do.

Chennai shares the zone Asia/Kolkata with Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, so a time here is also the time there. One canonical page per zone keeps the difference honest: the settlement name changes, the clock does not.

Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.

Chennai converted to other zones

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Cities on the same offset today

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COMMON QUESTIONS

What time is it in Chennai right now?

The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Chennai to the second. Chennai is on India Standard Time, UTC+5:30 — the same clock as every other place in the zone Asia/Kolkata.

Does Chennai observe daylight saving time?

No. Chennai stays on UTC+5:30 all year, so the difference between you and Chennai only changes when your own clocks do.

What time zone is Chennai in?

Chennai uses the IANA zone Asia/Kolkata, currently IST (UTC+5:30). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.

Which other places read the same time as Chennai?

Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad all sit in Asia/Kolkata, so they read exactly the same clock, daylight saving changes included.