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What is IST in AKST?

Alaska Time is 14 hours 30 minutes behind

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

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AKST — Alaska Time

11:30 pm

AKST, Fri, the previous day

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

When the difference changes

India Standard Time and Alaska 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, 2027Alaska Time is 14 hours 30 minutes behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Alaska Time is 13 hours 30 minutes behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 14 hours 30 minutes behind

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

India Standard Time

No clock changes

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

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.

IST to AKST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from India Standard Time to Alaska Time. 15 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

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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