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What is MSK in IST?

India Standard Time is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead

Moscow Time is on UTC+3:00 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 Moscow
3:52:27 PM
Time in New Delhi
6:22:27 PM
Difference
+2:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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IST — India Standard Time

5:30 pm

IST, Fri

Daylight saving

Moscow Time

No clock changes

Moscow Time stays on MSK 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.

MSK to IST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Moscow Time to India Standard Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm MSK, which is 11:30 am to 6:30 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.

Moscow Time (MSK) is used in western Russia. Russia abolished daylight saving in 2011.

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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