LHST
Lord Howe Standard Time
GMT +10:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

LHST is 5 hours ahead of IST. LHST uses GMT +10:30, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.

For example, 5:00 am LHST is 12:00 am IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 2pm-5pm LHST, which is 9am-12pm IST.

Compare LHST time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Lord Howe Standard Time is 5 hours ahead of India Standard Time
5:00 am05:00 in LHST is 12:00 am00:00 in IST

LHST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm in LHST which corresponds to 9am-12pm in IST

5:00 am05:00 Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST). Offset UTC +10:30 hours
12:00 am00:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

5:00 am05:00 LHST / 12:00 am00:00 IST

LHSTIST
12am (midnight)7pm
1am8pm
2am9pm
3am10pm
4am11pm
5am12am (midnight)
6am1am
7am2am
8am3am
9am4am
10am5am
11am6am
12pm (noon)7am
1pm8am
2pm9am
3pm10am
4pm11am
5pm12pm (noon)
6pm1pm
7pm2pm
8pm3pm
9pm4pm
10pm5pm
11pm6pm
00:0019:00
01:0020:00
02:0021:00
03:0022:00
04:0023:00
05:0000:00
06:0001:00
07:0002:00
08:0003:00
09:0004:00
10:0005:00
11:0006:00
12:0007:00
13:0008:00
14:0009:00
15:0010:00
16:0011:00
17:0012:00
18:0013:00
19:0014:00
20:0015:00
21:0016:00
22:0017:00
23:0018:00

Lord Howe Standard Time

Offset: LHST is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

LHST Time Zone Geo Map
LHST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT).

Start: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 1:30 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

End: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) ends on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

LHST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard 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 Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2