| 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 |
Lucknow, 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 Lucknow 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 Lucknow 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 Lucknow lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. The time difference between Lucknow 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 Lucknow 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 Lucknow.
Lucknow (India) is home to roughly 3.6M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:58, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 27° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Calcutta
Coordinates
26.85°N, 80.95°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Bara Imambara was commissioned in 1784 during a famine, specifically to employ people — nobles worked at night so they would not be seen. Its central hall spans about 50 metres with no pillars, and the Bhulbhulaiya maze above it has around a thousand passages.
The clock: Lucknow keeps UTC+5:30. The nearby Husainabad Clock Tower, at 67 metres, is among the tallest in India.
Lucknow lies at 81.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+5:30, is built around the 82.5°E meridian. The 1.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 6 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:06 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 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 27m. The swing between them is 3h 23m. 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 Lucknow the sun comes up earliest on 10 June at 05:11, while the latest sunset waits until 3 July at 19:04. 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 Lucknow 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 Lucknow, India is Asia/Calcutta with a current UTC offset of UTC+5:30.
Lucknow has an estimated population of 3.6M and is located at coordinates 26.85°N, 80.95°E.
Lucknow gets 13h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 27m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Lucknow falls at about 12:06 on UTC+5:30 standard time, because the city sits 1.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Labyrinth Built as Famine Relief: The Bara Imambara was commissioned in 1784 during a famine, specifically to employ people — nobles worked at night so they would not be seen.