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What is AKST in IST?

India Standard Time is 14 hours 30 minutes ahead

Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 and India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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IST — India Standard Time

1:30 pm

IST, Sat, the next day

Time in Anchorage
11:30:02 PM
Time in New Delhi
2:00:02 PM
Difference
+14:30 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Alaska Time and India Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027India Standard Time is 14 hours 30 minutes ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027India Standard Time is 13 hours 30 minutes ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsIndia Standard Time is 14 hours 30 minutes ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Alaska Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AKDT after that.

India Standard Time

No clock changes

India Standard Time stays on IST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AKST to IST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 6, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to India Standard Time. 14 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

12:00 am AKST
2:30 pm IST
1:00 am AKST
3:30 pm IST
2:00 am AKST
4:30 pm IST
3:00 am AKST
5:30 pm IST
4:00 am AKST
6:30 pm IST
5:00 am AKST
7:30 pm IST
6:00 am AKST
8:30 pm IST
7:00 am AKST
9:30 pm IST
8:00 am AKST
10:30 pm IST
9:00 am AKST
11:30 pm IST
10:00 am AKST
12:30 am IST+1 day
11:00 am AKST
1:30 am IST+1 day
12:00 pm AKST
2:30 am IST+1 day
1:00 pm AKST
3:30 am IST+1 day
2:00 pm AKST
4:30 am IST+1 day
3:00 pm AKST
5:30 am IST+1 day
4:00 pm AKST
6:30 am IST+1 day
5:00 pm AKST
7:30 am IST+1 day
6:00 pm AKST
8:30 am IST+1 day
7:00 pm AKST
9:30 am IST+1 day
8:00 pm AKST
10:30 am IST+1 day
9:00 pm AKST
11:30 am IST+1 day
10:00 pm AKST
12:30 pm IST+1 day
11:00 pm AKST
1:30 pm IST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Anchorage and one in New Delhi — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Anchorage is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in New Delhi.

A note on IST: it can also mean Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1). This page means India Standard Time, which is what almost all searches for IST want.

India Standard Time (IST) is used in all of India and Sri Lanka, on a single UTC+5:30 offset with no daylight saving

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