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ACST
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
I
India Time Zone
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

9:30 pm ACST (UTC+9:30), Oct 3, 2026 = 9:00 pm I (UTC+9), Oct 3, 202621:30 ACST (UTC+9:30), Oct 3, 2026 = 21:00 I (UTC+9), Oct 3, 2026

ACST is 30 minutes ahead of I.

ACST and I examples

These examples always use ACST (UTC+9:30) and I (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ACST is 30 minutes ahead of I.

How the time difference changes

ACST is 30 minutes ahead of I year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACST correspond to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in I.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ACST correspond to 08:30 to 16:30 in I.

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

Time Difference

Australian Central Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Time Zone
9:30 pm21:30 in ACST is 9:00 pm21:00 in I

ACST to I call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm09:30-17:00 in ACST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in I

9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
9:00 pm21:00 India Time Zone (I). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

9:30 pm21:30 ACST / 9:00 pm21:00 I

ACSTI
12am (midnight)11:30 pm
1am12:30 am
2am1:30 am
3am2:30 am
4am3:30 am
5am4:30 am
6am5:30 am
7am6:30 am
8am7:30 am
9am8:30 am
10am9:30 am
11am10:30 am
12pm (noon)11:30 am
1pm12:30 pm
2pm1:30 pm
3pm2:30 pm
4pm3:30 pm
5pm4:30 pm
6pm5:30 pm
7pm6:30 pm
8pm7:30 pm
9pm8:30 pm
10pm9:30 pm
11pm10:30 pm
00:0023:30
01:0000:30
02:0001:30
03:0002:30
04:0003:30
05:0004:30
06:0005:30
07:0006:30
08:0007:30
09:0008:30
10:0009:30
11:0010:30
12:0011:30
13:0012:30
14:0013:30
15:0014:30
16:0015:30
17:0016:30
18:0017:30
19:0018:30
20:0019:30
21:0020:30
22:0021:30
23:0022:30

Australian Central Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Darwin, Adelaide Hills, Palmerston, Alice Springs.

ACST Time Zone Geo Map
ACST 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 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ends on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ACST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0930 - basic
  • +09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/Darwin
  • Australia/North
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna

India Time Zone

Offset: I is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Time Zone (I) do not change for daylight saving time, so I stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

I representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for I
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time