| 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 |
Ludhiana, 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 Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. The time difference between Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana.
Ludhiana (India) is home to roughly 1.7M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:19, sunset at 18:13. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 31° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
30.90°N, 75.86°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ludhiana produces a large share of India's bicycles and bicycle parts, and much of its woollen hosiery — an industrial base that grew rapidly with refugees who arrived after Partition in 1947.
The clock: Ludhiana keeps UTC+5:30. Its Kila Raipur rural games, running since 1933, include bullock cart races and feats that have no equivalent anywhere else.
Ludhiana lies at 75.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+5:30, is built around the 82.5°E meridian. The 6.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 27 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:27 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 14h 9m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 9m. The swing between them is 4h 1m. 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 Ludhiana the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 05:22, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 19:34. 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 Ludhiana that civil twilight runs about 24 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 Ludhiana, India is Asia/Kolkata with a current UTC offset of UTC+5:30.
Ludhiana has an estimated population of 1.7M and is located at coordinates 30.90°N, 75.86°E.
Ludhiana gets 14h 9m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 9m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Ludhiana falls at about 12:27 on UTC+5:30 standard time, because the city sits 6.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Bicycles and Hosiery: Ludhiana produces a large share of India's bicycles and bicycle parts, and much of its woollen hosiery — an industrial base that grew rapidly with refugees who arrived after Partition in 1947.