IST to AST Arabia
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Arabia Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 pm15:00 in AST
IST to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm in AST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 pm15:00 AST
| IST | AST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9:30 pm |
| 1am | 10:30 pm |
| 2am | 11:30 pm |
| 3am | 12:30 am |
| 4am | 1:30 am |
| 5am | 2:30 am |
| 6am | 3:30 am |
| 7am | 4:30 am |
| 8am | 5:30 am |
| 9am | 6:30 am |
| 10am | 7:30 am |
| 11am | 8:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9:30 am |
| 1pm | 10:30 am |
| 2pm | 11:30 am |
| 3pm | 12:30 pm |
| 4pm | 1:30 pm |
| 5pm | 2:30 pm |
| 6pm | 3:30 pm |
| 7pm | 4:30 pm |
| 8pm | 5:30 pm |
| 9pm | 6:30 pm |
| 10pm | 7:30 pm |
| 11pm | 8:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 21:30 |
| 01:00 | 22:30 |
| 02:00 | 23:30 |
| 03:00 | 00:30 |
| 04:00 | 01:30 |
| 05:00 | 02:30 |
| 06:00 | 03:30 |
| 07:00 | 04:30 |
| 08:00 | 05:30 |
| 09:00 | 06:30 |
| 10:00 | 07:30 |
| 11:00 | 08:30 |
| 12:00 | 09:30 |
| 13:00 | 10:30 |
| 14:00 | 11:30 |
| 15:00 | 12:30 |
| 16:00 | 13:30 |
| 17:00 | 14:30 |
| 18:00 | 15:30 |
| 19:00 | 16:30 |
| 20:00 | 17:30 |
| 21:00 | 18:30 |
| 22:00 | 19:30 |
| 23:00 | 20:30 |
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Arabia Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Saudi Arabia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST timezone is Riyadh from Saudi Arabia with population about 4.206 million people. Other major cities in the area are Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Sultanah
Daylight Saving: Arabia Standard Time (AST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore AST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Arabia Standard Time remains the same
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time