Chennai is in India and uses the Asia/Kolkata time zone. Right now it is IST there, which is UTC+05:30. Chennai does not use daylight saving time, so the clocks stay the same all year.
Asia/KolkataHow far ahead or behind Chennai other major cities are right now.
| City | Compared with Chennai | Time now |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 9 hours 30 minutes behind | 7:21 AM |
| London | 4 hours 30 minutes behind | 12:21 PM |
| Paris | 3 hours 30 minutes behind | 1:21 PM |
| Dubai | 1 hour 30 minutes behind | 3:21 PM |
| Mumbai | same time | 4:51 PM |
| Singapore | 2 hours 30 minutes ahead | 7:21 PM |
| Tokyo | 3 hours 30 minutes ahead | 8:21 PM |
| Sydney | 5 hours 30 minutes ahead | 10:21 PM |
| Los Angeles | 12 hours 30 minutes behind | 4:21 AM |
Chennai uses the Asia/Kolkata time zone: India Standard Time, UTC+05:30, all year round.
No. Chennai stays on UTC+05:30 all year, so its clocks do not change.
Chennai is always at UTC+05:30.
Chennai is currently 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of London. The difference can change by an hour for a few weeks a year, when one place starts or ends daylight saving time and the other does not.
Yes. India uses a single time zone, so Chennai has the same time as the whole country.
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