Mumbai time is calculated as per the Indian Standard Time. The Indian Standard Time is calculated five hours and thirty minutes ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time. So the time in Bombay too is calculated 5.5 hours ahead of GMT or UTC.
In India, all places follow the time as per the IST. The IST is based on the longitude of 82.5° east. Mumbai does not follow any Daylight saving time in any point of the year. The longitude of Mumbai is 72°51' east.
The Mumbai time differs from the times in other parts world. Following are the time differences between Mumbai and other important cities of the world:
- Islamabad: +30 minutes
- Dhaka: -30 minutes
- Singapore: -3 hours
- Bangkok: -2 hours
- Shanghai: -3 hours
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Perth: -3 hour 30 minutes
Dubai: +1 Hour
Moscow: +2 Hours
Nairobi: +2 Hours
Cairo: +3 Hours
Beirut: +3 Hours
Jerusalem: +3 Hours
Zagreb: + 4 Hours
Berlin: + 4 Hours
Dublin: +5 Hours
Lisbon: +5 Hours
Atlanta: +10 Hours
Miami: +10 Hours
Chicago New Orleans: +11 Hours
San Francisco: +13 Hours
Los Angeles: +13 Hours
The Mumbai is located to the east of India and is hence the one of the last cities in India to experience sunrise and sunset.
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