A to IST Converter
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Quick answers
Selected conversion
1:00 pm13:00 A (UTC+1), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 14, 2026
A is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
A and IST examples
These examples always use A (UTC+1) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
A is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
How the time difference changes
A is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in A correspond to 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in A correspond to 13:30 to 21:30 in IST.
Compare A time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Alpha Time Zone is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in A is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
A to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in A which corresponds to 1:30pm-5pm13:30-17:00 in IST
1:00 pm13:00 Alpha Time Zone (A). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 A / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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Alpha Time Zone
Offset: A is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Daylight Saving: Some places on Alpha Time Zone (A) keep the same time all year, while others use A for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
A representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for A
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.
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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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