IST: India Standard Time
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IST: India Standard Time
IST stands for India Standard Time, used in India. It runs UTC+5:30 all year, with no daylight saving change.
IST also abbreviates Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1). These pages use the Indian meaning.
Current IST time
Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.
IST time compared with UTC
IST runs UTC+5:30 all year, with no daylight saving change. When it is 12:00 UTC the clock in IST reads 17:30.
| UTC | IST |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:30 |
| 03:00 | 08:30 |
| 06:00 | 11:30 |
| 09:00 | 14:30 |
| 12:00 | 17:30 |
| 15:00 | 20:30 |
| 18:00 | 23:30 |
| 21:00 | 02:30 next day |
When the clocks change in the IST zone
Clocks in the IST zone never change. It does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset shown above is the offset all year, every year. There is no spring-forward or fall-back date to remember and no hour to lose.
Cities that keep IST
These places run on IST: India Standard Time, the IANA zone behind IST. Each links to its own live clock.
Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Jaipur, Kanpur, Navi Mumbai.
Convert IST to another zone
IST to PSTIST to MSTIST to CSTIST to ESTIST to HSTIST to GMTIST to UTCIST to BST
Common questions about IST
What does IST stand for?
IST is India Standard Time, the civil time used in India. On this site it resolves to the IANA time zone IST: India Standard Time, which is what your operating system and browser use to work out the actual offset on any given date.
What is IST in UTC?
IST is UTC+5:30, and it does not change. The table above converts every UTC hour.
Does IST mean anything else?
IST also abbreviates Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1). These pages use the Indian meaning.