India · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kochi, 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 Kochi 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 Kochi 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 Kochi lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Kochi 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 Kochi 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 Kochi.
Practical Info
Kochi (India) is home to roughly 680K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
9.93°N, 76.27°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The cantilevered cheena vala nets at Fort Kochi are widely held to have arrived with Chinese traders in the 14th century, possibly via Zheng He's fleets. Each needs four to six people to operate and is counterweighted with stones.
The clock: Kochi keeps UTC+5:30. Its Jewish community at Mattancherry dates back at least a thousand years, and the synagogue there was built in 1568.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap