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What is IST in NZST?

New Zealand Time is 6 hours 30 minutes ahead

India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 and New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in New Delhi
6:23:31 PM
Time in Auckland
12:53:31 AM
Difference
+6:30 h
Next clock change
September 27, 2026

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NZST — New Zealand Time

12:30 am

NZST, Sat, the next day

When the difference changes

India Standard Time and New Zealand 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 – September 26, 2026New Zealand Time is 6 hours 30 minutes ahead
  2. September 26, 2026 – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 7 hours 30 minutes ahead
  3. April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 6 hours 30 minutes ahead
  4. September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 7 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

India Standard Time

No clock changes

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

New Zealand Time

Sunday, September 27, 2026

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

IST to NZST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from India Standard Time to New Zealand Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm IST, which is 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm NZST. 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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