BST Asia to IST
Quick answers
BST is 30 minutes ahead of IST. BST uses GMT +6, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.
For example, 6:00 pm BST is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9:30am-5pm BST, which is 9am-4:30pm IST.
Compare BST time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Bangladesh Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time
6:00 pm18:00 in BST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
BST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in BST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in IST
6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:00 pm18:00 BST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| BST | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:30 pm |
| 1am | 12:30 am |
| 2am | 1:30 am |
| 3am | 2:30 am |
| 4am | 3:30 am |
| 5am | 4:30 am |
| 6am | 5:30 am |
| 7am | 6:30 am |
| 8am | 7:30 am |
| 9am | 8:30 am |
| 10am | 9:30 am |
| 11am | 10:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:30 am |
| 1pm | 12:30 pm |
| 2pm | 1:30 pm |
| 3pm | 2:30 pm |
| 4pm | 3:30 pm |
| 5pm | 4:30 pm |
| 6pm | 5:30 pm |
| 7pm | 6:30 pm |
| 8pm | 7:30 pm |
| 9pm | 8:30 pm |
| 10pm | 9:30 pm |
| 11pm | 10:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 23:30 |
| 01:00 | 00:30 |
| 02:00 | 01:30 |
| 03:00 | 02:30 |
| 04:00 | 03:30 |
| 05:00 | 04:30 |
| 06:00 | 05:30 |
| 07:00 | 06:30 |
| 08:00 | 07:30 |
| 09:00 | 08:30 |
| 10:00 | 09:30 |
| 11:00 | 10:30 |
| 12:00 | 11:30 |
| 13:00 | 12:30 |
| 14:00 | 13:30 |
| 15:00 | 14:30 |
| 16:00 | 15:30 |
| 17:00 | 16:30 |
| 18:00 | 17:30 |
| 19:00 | 18:30 |
| 20:00 | 19:30 |
| 21:00 | 20:30 |
| 22:00 | 21:30 |
| 23:00 | 22:30 |
Bangladesh Standard Time
Offset: BST is 6 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Bangladesh
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is Dhaka in Bangladesh, with about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Comilla.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) do not change for daylight saving time, so BST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +06 - basic short
- +0600 - basic
- +06:00 - extended
- +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BST
- F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
- BDT - Bangladesh Time
- BTT - Bhutan Time
- F - Foxtrot Time Zone
- IOT - Indian Chagos Time
- KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
- OMST - Omsk Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- XJT - Xinjiang Time
- YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2