India · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Amritsar, India runs on UTC+5:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 9.5-hour difference between Amritsar and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 4.5-hour difference between Amritsar and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4.5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 13:30–18:00 in Amritsar lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Amritsar and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5.5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:30 in Amritsar lines up with 12:30–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Amritsar.
Practical Info
Amritsar (India) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 14.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 19:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 32° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
31.63°N, 74.87°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Golden Temple's langar serves free meals to somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 people daily, and more on festival days — probably the largest free kitchen in the world. Anyone may eat, and everyone sits on the floor in rows.
The clock: Amritsar keeps UTC+5:30. The temple itself is gilded with roughly 750 kg of gold.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap