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What is HKT in IST?

India Standard Time is 2 hours 30 minutes behind

Hong Kong Time is on UTC+8:00 and India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Hong Kong
8:53:21 PM
Time in New Delhi
6:23:21 PM
Difference
−2:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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IST — India Standard Time

5:30 pm

IST, Fri

Daylight saving

Hong Kong Time

No clock changes

Hong Kong Time stays on HKT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

India Standard Time

No clock changes

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

HKT to IST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Hong Kong Time to India Standard Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm HKT, which is 9:30 am to 3:30 pm IST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

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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