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What is UTC in IST?

India Standard Time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead

Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 and India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 right now. That gap holds all year, because neither zone observes daylight saving.

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IST — India Standard Time

1:30 pm

IST, Sat

Time in the prime meridian
8:18:34 AM
Time in New Delhi
1:48:34 PM
Difference
+5:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

Daylight saving

Coordinated Universal Time

No clock changes

Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC 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.

UTC to IST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Coordinated Universal Time to India Standard Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.

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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