| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −4:30 | Becomes −5:30 on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −3:30 | Becomes −4:30 on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −1:30 | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +3:30 | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +4:30 | Becomes +5:30 on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −9:30 | Becomes −10:30 on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −12:30 | Becomes −13:30 on 1 Nov |
Kanpur, India runs on UTC+5:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Kanpur and New York is 9 hours and 30 minutes. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Kanpur and London is 4 hours and 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours and 30 minutes a day with London. A good time to connect: 13:30–18:00 in Kanpur lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. The time difference between Kanpur and Tokyo is 3 hours and 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours and 30 minutes a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:30 in Kanpur 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 Kanpur.
Kanpur (India) is home to roughly 3.1M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 17:56. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 26° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
26.45°N, 80.33°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kanpur's cotton mills earned it the nickname Manchester of the East in the 19th century, and its leather industry still supplies a large share of India's leather exports. The Ganges here has been the focus of major clean-up efforts for decades.
The clock: Kanpur keeps UTC+5:30. Its 1857 siege was one of the defining events of the Indian Rebellion.
Kanpur lies at 80.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+5:30, is built around the 82.5°E meridian. The 2.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 9 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:09 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+5:30 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 48m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 29m. The swing between them is 3h 19m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Kanpur the sun comes up earliest on 10 June at 05:15, while the latest sunset waits until 3 July at 19:06. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Kanpur that civil twilight runs about 23 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Kanpur, India is Asia/Kolkata with a current UTC offset of UTC+5:30.
Kanpur has an estimated population of 3.1M and is located at coordinates 26.45°N, 80.33°E.
Kanpur gets 13h 48m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 29m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kanpur falls at about 12:09 on UTC+5:30 standard time, because the city sits 2.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Manchester of the East: Kanpur's cotton mills earned it the nickname Manchester of the East in the 19th century, and its leather industry still supplies a large share of India's leather exports.