India · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bhopal, 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 Bhopal 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 Bhopal 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 Bhopal lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Bhopal 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 Bhopal 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 Bhopal.
Practical Info
Bhopal (India) is home to roughly 2.4M people. Today brings about 13.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 19:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 23° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
23.26°N, 77.41°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
On the night of 2–3 December 1984, around 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal. Official figures put the immediate death toll at over 3,700; other estimates run several times higher, with hundreds of thousands injured.
The clock: Bhopal keeps UTC+5:30. The site has still not been fully remediated, four decades on.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap