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What is KST in IST?

India Standard Time is 3 hours 30 minutes behind

Korea Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 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 Seoul
9:53:01 PM
Time in New Delhi
6:23:01 PM
Difference
−3:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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IST — India Standard Time

5:30 pm

IST, Fri

Daylight saving

Korea Standard Time

No clock changes

Korea Standard Time stays on KST 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.

KST to IST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Korea Standard Time to India Standard Time. 4 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm KST, which is 9:30 am to 2:30 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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