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3:00 am03:00 AHDT (UTC-9), Oct 26, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 26, 2026

AHDT is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

AHDT and IST examples

These examples always use AHDT (UTC-9) 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.

AHDT is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

AHDT is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AHDT correspond to 11:30 pm to 8:30 am (next day) in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AHDT correspond to 23:30 to 08:30 (next day) in IST.

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

Time Difference

Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
3:00 am03:00 in AHDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

AHDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in AHDT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in IST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

3:00 am03:00 Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time (AHDT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

3:00 am03:00 AHDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time

Offset: AHDT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

AHDT 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Victor - Military abbreviation for AHDT
  • V - short form of 'Victor'
Time zones with the GMT -9 offset:
  • AKST - Alaska Standard Time
  • AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
  • HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • GAMT - Gambier Time
  • HDT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone

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.

Current time in India: India time now

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