diff --git a/backend/app/utils.py b/backend/app/utils.py
index b2f5522..a3668c8 100644
--- a/backend/app/utils.py
+++ b/backend/app/utils.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def verify_date(date: str, ret_message: str) -> Tuple[datetime.datetime, str]:
     # Verify Date
     logger.info('Verifying date %s', date)
     # IST
-    curr_datetime = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30)
+    curr_datetime = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30)
     req_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d')
     next_publish_time = curr_datetime.replace(hour=6, minute=0, second=0,
                                               microsecond=0)