What Time Is It at Delhi Airport (DEL)?
- Time zone now
- India Standard Time, UTC+5:30
- Zulu now
- UTC
- From you
- Sunrise / sunset
- Next clock change
- None, no daylight saving
- Location
- 28.556, 77.095
Delhi (DEL) is on India Standard Time, UTC+5:30 (IST) all year. Its clocks don't change for daylight saving time. The airport is in New Delhi, India. Its codes are DEL (IATA, the one on your boarding pass) and VIDP (ICAO, the one pilots and air traffic control use).
Other airports on the same clock: Mumbai (BOM).
Zulu Time and DEL
To get local time from Zulu, add 5 hours 30 minutes, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
For example, a METAR or flight plan time of 1500Z is 8:30 p.m. local at DEL.
Daylight Saving Time
Delhi doesn't use daylight saving time, so the offset from Zulu stays at UTC+5:30 all year. When other places change their clocks, the difference between DEL and those places changes by an hour instead.
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Common Questions
What time zone is DEL airport in?
Delhi Airport (DEL) uses the Asia/Kolkata time zone, India Standard Time. That's UTC+5:30 all year.
Does DEL change its clocks for daylight saving time?
No. Delhi stays at UTC+5:30 all year.
How do I convert Zulu time to local time at DEL?
To get local time from Zulu, add 5 hours 30 minutes, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
Times here come from your browser's clock and the international time zone database. Sunrise and sunset are estimates, good to a few minutes. AvClock is for reference only, not for navigation or flight planning.