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Kochi

UTC+5:30

India · IST

Rainy season
06:14:29Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:06↓ 18:4824:00
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
18:48
Daylight
12.7hrs
Population
680K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

Fishing Nets From China

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

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Working Hours

6.5h overlap
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