India · IST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Thiruvananthapuram, 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 Thiruvananthapuram 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 Thiruvananthapuram 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 Thiruvananthapuram lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. There is a 3.5-hour difference between Thiruvananthapuram 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 Thiruvananthapuram 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 Thiruvananthapuram.
Practical Info
Thiruvananthapuram (India) is home to roughly 960K people. Today brings about 12.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 9° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IST · Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
8.52°N, 76.94°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Padmanabhaswamy Temple's vaults were inventoried from 2011 and found to contain gold, jewels and coins valued in the tens of billions of dollars. One chamber, Vault B, has still not been opened, on the temple's objection.
The clock: Thiruvananthapuram keeps UTC+5:30 at 8.5° north, where day length varies by barely an hour across the entire year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.5h overlap