| 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 |
Varanasi, 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 Varanasi 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 Varanasi 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 Varanasi lines up with 09:00–13:30 in London. The time difference between Varanasi 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 Varanasi 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 Varanasi.
Varanasi (India) is home to roughly 1.4M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:49, sunset at 17:46. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 25° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
India
Capital
New Delhi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Calcutta
Coordinates
25.32°N, 82.97°E
Currency
INR (₹)
Calling Code
+91
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hindi, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The cremation fires at Manikarnika Ghat are said to have burned continuously for thousands of years, and several hundred cremations take place there daily. Varanasi is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
The clock: Varanasi keeps UTC+5:30. The Ganga Aarti ceremony is performed at the ghats every evening at sunset — a schedule set by the sun rather than the timetable.
Varanasi lies at 83.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+5:30, is built around the 82.5°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:58, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+5:30 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 43m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 34m. The swing between them is 3h 9m. 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 Varanasi the sun comes up earliest on 10 June at 05:07, while the latest sunset waits until 4 July at 18:53. 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 Varanasi 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 Varanasi, India is Asia/Calcutta with a current UTC offset of UTC+5:30.
Varanasi has an estimated population of 1.4M and is located at coordinates 25.32°N, 82.97°E.
Varanasi gets 13h 43m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 34m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Varanasi falls at about 11:58 on UTC+5:30 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Fires That Have Not Gone Out: The cremation fires at Manikarnika Ghat are said to have burned continuously for thousands of years, and several hundred cremations take place there daily.