EDT to IST Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 6, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 6, 2026
EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
EDT and IST examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) 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.
EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. At other times of the year, EST is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:30 pm to 2:30 am (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 18:30 to 02:30 (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 19:30 to 03:30 (next day) in IST.
Compare EDT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
EDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in EDT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in IST
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| EDT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 9:30am |
| 1:00am | 10:30am |
| 2:00am | 11:30am |
| 3:00am | 12:30pm |
| 4:00am | 1:30pm |
| 5:00am | 2:30pm |
| 6:00am | 3:30pm |
| 7:00am | 4:30pm |
| 8:00am | 5:30pm |
| 9:00am | 6:30pm |
| 10:00am | 7:30pm |
| 11:00am | 8:30pm |
| 12:00pm | 9:30pm |
| 1:00pm | 10:30pm |
| 2:00pm | 11:30pm |
| 3:00pm | 12:30am |
| 4:00pm | 1:30am |
| 5:00pm | 2:30am |
| 6:00pm | 3:30am |
| 7:00pm | 4:30am |
| 8:00pm | 5:30am |
| 9:00pm | 6:30am |
| 10:00pm | 7:30am |
| 11:00pm | 8:30am |
| 00:00 | 09:30 |
| 01:00 | 10:30 |
| 02:00 | 11:30 |
| 03:00 | 12:30 |
| 04:00 | 13:30 |
| 05:00 | 14:30 |
| 06:00 | 15:30 |
| 07:00 | 16:30 |
| 08:00 | 17:30 |
| 09:00 | 18:30 |
| 10:00 | 19:30 |
| 11:00 | 20:30 |
| 12:00 | 21:30 |
| 13:00 | 22:30 |
| 14:00 | 23:30 |
| 15:00 | 00:30 |
| 16:00 | 01:30 |
| 17:00 | 02:30 |
| 18:00 | 03:30 |
| 19:00 | 04:30 |
| 20:00 | 05:30 |
| 21:00 | 06:30 |
| 22:00 | 07:30 |
| 23:00 | 08:30 |
Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
EDT 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 west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan 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, Chennai, Kolkata.
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