diff --git a/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/pageviews/route.ts b/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/pageviews/route.ts
index eaa618797..5e0eb47a2 100644
--- a/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/pageviews/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/pageviews/route.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import { unitParam, timezoneParam, filterParams } from '@/lib/schema';
 import { getCompareDate } from '@/lib/date';
 import { unauthorized, json } from '@/lib/response';
 import { getPageviewStats, getSessionStats } from '@/queries';
+import { canonicalizeTimeZone } from '@/lib/timezone';
 
 export async function GET(
   request: Request,
   { params }: { params: Promise<{ websiteId: string }> },
 ) {
+  // Define and validate request query parameters
   const schema = z.object({
     startAt: z.coerce.number().int(),
     endAt: z.coerce.number().int(),
@@ -26,12 +28,16 @@ export async function GET(
   }
 
   const { websiteId } = await params;
-  const { timezone, compare } = query;
+  const { timezone: requestedTz, compare } = query;
 
+  const timezone = canonicalizeTimeZone(requestedTz || 'UTC');
+
+  // Authorization check
   if (!(await canViewWebsite(auth, websiteId))) {
     return unauthorized();
   }
 
+  // Compute date range and unit from request
   const { startDate, endDate, unit } = await getRequestDateRange(query);
 
   const filters = {
diff --git a/src/lib/timezone.ts b/src/lib/timezone.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ad056f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/timezone.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const ALIASES: Record<string, string> = {
+  'asia/calcutta': 'Asia/Kolkata',
+  'utc': 'UTC',
+  'gmt': 'UTC',
+  'greenwich': 'UTC',
+};
+
+export function canonicalizeTimeZone(tz?: string | null): string {
+  if (!tz) return 'UTC';
+  const key = tz.trim().toLowerCase();
+  return ALIASES[key] ?? tz.trim();
+}