India • Local Time
Sunday, December 28, 2025
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Chennai, gateway to South India, operates on India Standard Time (IST/UTC+5:30). This cultural capital offers ancient temples, colonial heritage, and India's longest urban beach.
India does NOT observe DST.
Chennai is always UTC+5:30. When noon: NYC 1:30 AM, London 6:30 AM.
Shops 10 AM to 9 PM. Temples early morning best.
India uses single timezone (IST). Chennai is in southeast but uses same time as Mumbai.
November-February for pleasant weather.
Tamil Nadu capital. Auto industry hub. Classical music and dance.
Tropical wet and dry with hot weather most of year (25-40°C). Monsoon October-December.