| 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 |
Shimla, 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 Shimla 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 Shimla 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 Shimla lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. The time difference between Shimla 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 Shimla 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 Shimla.
Shimla (India) is home to roughly 170K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:14, sunset at 18:08. 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
31.10°N, 77.17°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The British moved the entire government of India to Shimla each summer from 1864 to 1939 — files, clerks and all — a twice-yearly relocation of up to 1,700 km from Calcutta (later a much shorter one from Delhi) to escape the heat of the plains.
The clock: Shimla keeps UTC+5:30 at about 2,200 metres. The Kalka–Shimla railway climbs 1,500 metres through 102 tunnels and is a UNESCO site.
Shimla lies at 77.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+5:30, is built around the 82.5°E meridian. The 5.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 21 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:21 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 10m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 8m. The swing between them is 4h 3m. 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 Shimla the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 05:17, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 19:29. 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 Shimla 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 Shimla, India is Asia/Kolkata with a current UTC offset of UTC+5:30.
Shimla has an estimated population of 170K and is located at coordinates 31.10°N, 77.17°E.
Shimla gets 14h 10m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 8m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Shimla falls at about 12:21 on UTC+5:30 standard time, because the city sits 5.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Summer Capital in the Mountains: The British moved the entire government of India to Shimla each summer from 1864 to 1939 — files, clerks and all — a twice-yearly relocation of up to 1,700 km from Calcutta (later a much shorter one from Delhi) to…