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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 neither zone observes daylight saving.

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UTC — Coordinated Universal Time

7:30 am

UTC, Sat

Time in New Delhi
1:59:18 PM
Time in the prime meridian
8:29:18 AM
Difference
−5:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

Daylight saving

India Standard Time

No clock changes

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

Coordinated Universal Time

No clock changes

Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

IST to UTC conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 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.

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