India · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Panaji, 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 Panaji 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 Panaji 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 Panaji lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Panaji 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 Panaji 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 Panaji.
Practical Info
Panaji (India) is home to roughly 115K people. Today brings about 13.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 16° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
15.50°N, 73.83°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Goa was Portuguese from 1510 to 1961 — 451 years, over a century longer than the British were in India. It is why the state has a different legal code, different architecture and a civil law tradition that still applies today.
The clock: Panaji keeps UTC+5:30. Goa's Portuguese-era churches at Old Goa are a UNESCO site.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap