What is IST in UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time is 5 hours 30 minutes behind
India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 and Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in New Delhi
- 7:44 am
- Time in the prime meridian
- 2:14 am
- Difference
- −5:30 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
1:30 am
Wed
Daylight saving
India Standard Time
India Standard Time stays on IST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
IST to UTC conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from India Standard Time to Coordinated Universal Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in the prime meridian, which is marked.
- 12:00 am IST
- 6:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 1:00 am IST
- 7:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 2:00 am IST
- 8:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 3:00 am IST
- 9:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 4:00 am IST
- 10:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 5:00 am IST
- 11:30 pm UTC−1 day
- 6:00 am IST
- 12:30 am UTC
- 7:00 am IST
- 1:30 am UTC
- 8:00 am IST
- 2:30 am UTC
- 9:00 am IST
- 3:30 am UTC
- 10:00 am IST
- 4:30 am UTC
- 11:00 am IST
- 5:30 am UTC
- 12:00 pm IST
- 6:30 am UTC
- 1:00 pm IST
- 7:30 am UTC
- 2:00 pm IST
- 8:30 am UTC
- 3:00 pm IST
- 9:30 am UTC
- 4:00 pm IST
- 10:30 am UTC
- 5:00 pm IST
- 11:30 am UTC
- 6:00 pm IST
- 12:30 pm UTC
- 7:00 pm IST
- 1:30 pm UTC
- 8:00 pm IST
- 2:30 pm UTC
- 9:00 pm IST
- 3:30 pm UTC
- 10:00 pm IST
- 4:30 pm UTC
- 11:00 pm IST
- 5:30 pm UTC
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm IST, which is 9:30 am to 12:30 pm UTC. 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
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.