Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Current time in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

The local time in Silvassa and the surrounding territory is IST. Dadra and Nagar Haveli is now a district within the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, rather than a separate union territory.

The administrative change did not create a time-zone difference. Clocks in the district remain aligned with neighbouring Gujarat, nearby Maharashtra, Daman, Diu, and all other Indian regions. The administrative name became longer; the UTC offset sensibly declined to participate.

The district’s time-zone rules

Indian Standard Time is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC. The offset remains constant through the seasons because daylight saving time is not observed. This provides one continuous civil time for the district’s towns, villages, workplaces, and transport schedules.

Official standard: Indian Standard Time Abbreviation: IST UTC offset: plus five hours and thirty minutes Daylight saving time: none Clock difference from Daman: none When converting from UTC, add five hours and thirty minutes. When arranging an overseas event, check the other location’s current rules: a seasonal clock change there may alter the international time difference.

Silvassa, settlements, and sunrise

Silvassa is the district’s administrative and principal urban centre. Dadra, Naroli, and other settlements are smaller. It is more accurate to describe these as local centres than to suggest that the compact district contains a long list of major cities.

All localities use the same clock, but sunrise is calculated for a coordinate and date. A settlement slightly farther east may see an astronomical sunrise slightly earlier by IST. Seasonal changes affect day length and move both sunrise and sunset on the clock.

The visible sun may appear later than a published astronomical time where hills, vegetation, buildings, or cloud obscure the horizon. Dawn is earlier than sunrise and may provide usable light before the solar disc appears.

Choose Silvassa or the nearest available settlement. Confirm the date and IST setting. Identify whether the value is dawn or sunrise. Allow for the immediate landscape when direct sunlight matters.