IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
Israel Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and IST uses GMT +2 for this comparison.

For example, 5:30 pm IST is 2:00 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 12:30pm-5pm IST, which is 9am-1:30pm IST.

Compare IST time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Israel Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 pm14:00 in IST

IST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm in IST

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Israel Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 2:00 pm14:00 IST

ISTIST
12am (midnight)8:30 pm
1am9:30 pm
2am10:30 pm
3am11:30 pm
4am12:30 am
5am1:30 am
6am2:30 am
7am3:30 am
8am4:30 am
9am5:30 am
10am6:30 am
11am7:30 am
12pm (noon)8:30 am
1pm9:30 am
2pm10:30 am
3pm11:30 am
4pm12:30 pm
5pm1:30 pm
6pm2:30 pm
7pm3:30 pm
8pm4:30 pm
9pm5:30 pm
10pm6:30 pm
11pm7:30 pm
00:0020:30
01:0021:30
02:0022:30
03:0023:30
04:0000:30
05:0001:30
06:0002:30
07:0003:30
08:0004:30
09:0005:30
10:0006:30
11:0007:30
12:0008:30
13:0009:30
14:0010:30
15:0011:30
16:0012:30
17:0013:30
18:0014:30
19:0015:30
20:0016:30
21:0017:30
22:0018:30
23:0019:30

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2

Israel Standard Time

Offset: IST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Israel

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 801,000 people. Other major cities in this time zone include West Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashdod.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Israel Daylight Time (IDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Israel Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Israel Standard Time (IST) ends on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Friday of March.

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for IST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Jerusalem
  • Asia/Tel_Aviv
  • Israel
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time