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What is MSK in JST?

Japan Standard Time is 6 hours ahead

Moscow Time is on UTC+3:00 and Japan Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Moscow
3:52:36 PM
Time in Tokyo
9:52:36 PM
Difference
+6 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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JST — Japan Standard Time

9:00 pm

JST, Fri

Daylight saving

Moscow Time

No clock changes

Moscow Time stays on MSK all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Japan Standard Time

No clock changes

Japan Standard Time stays on JST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

MSK to JST conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm MSK, which is 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm JST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

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

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