IST to GST Converter
Quick answers
IST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of GST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and GST uses GMT +4 for this comparison.
For example, 5:30 pm IST is 4:00 pm GST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 10:30am-5pm IST, which is 9am-3:30pm GST.
Compare IST time with GST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Gulf Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 4:00 pm16:00 in GST
IST to GST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in GST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 4:00 pm16:00 GST
| IST | GST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10:30 pm |
| 1am | 11:30 pm |
| 2am | 12:30 am |
| 3am | 1:30 am |
| 4am | 2:30 am |
| 5am | 3:30 am |
| 6am | 4:30 am |
| 7am | 5:30 am |
| 8am | 6:30 am |
| 9am | 7:30 am |
| 10am | 8:30 am |
| 11am | 9:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 10:30 am |
| 1pm | 11:30 am |
| 2pm | 12:30 pm |
| 3pm | 1:30 pm |
| 4pm | 2:30 pm |
| 5pm | 3:30 pm |
| 6pm | 4:30 pm |
| 7pm | 5:30 pm |
| 8pm | 6:30 pm |
| 9pm | 7:30 pm |
| 10pm | 8:30 pm |
| 11pm | 9:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 22:30 |
| 01:00 | 23:30 |
| 02:00 | 00:30 |
| 03:00 | 01:30 |
| 04:00 | 02:30 |
| 05:00 | 03:30 |
| 06:00 | 04:30 |
| 07:00 | 05:30 |
| 08:00 | 06:30 |
| 09:00 | 07:30 |
| 10:00 | 08:30 |
| 11:00 | 09:30 |
| 12:00 | 10:30 |
| 13:00 | 11:30 |
| 14:00 | 12:30 |
| 15:00 | 13:30 |
| 16:00 | 14:30 |
| 17:00 | 15:30 |
| 18:00 | 16:30 |
| 19:00 | 17:30 |
| 20:00 | 18:30 |
| 21:00 | 19:30 |
| 22:00 | 20:30 |
| 23:00 | 21:30 |
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
Gulf Standard Time
Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
GST representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
- MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
- SAMT - Samara Time
- AMT - Armenia Time
- AZT - Azerbaijan Time
- D - Delta Time Zone
- GET - Georgia Standard Time
- GST - Gulf Standard Time
- MUT - Mauritius Time
- RET - Reunion Time
- SCT - Seychelles Time