EST to IST to GMT Time Converter
The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 18, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 18, 2026
EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. EDT is 4 hours behind GMT.
How the time difference changes
EST to IST
For most of the year, EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 18:30 to 03:30 (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 19:30 to 04:30 (next day) in IST.
EST to GMT
For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind GMT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 5 hours behind GMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in GMT.
Compare EST time with IST and GMT 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. Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST and is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT
EDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in EDT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in IST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
EDT to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in EDT which corresponds to 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in GMT
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
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT
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| EDT | IST | GMT |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am | 4:00am | |
| 10:30am | 5:00am | |
| 11:30am | 6:00am | |
| 12:30pm | 7:00am | |
| 1:30pm | 8:00am | |
| 2:30pm | 9:00am | |
| 3:30pm | 10:00am | |
| 4:30pm | 11:00am | |
| 5:30pm | 12:00pm | |
| 6:30pm | 1:00pm | |
| 7:30pm | 2:00pm | |
| 8:30pm | 3:00pm | |
| 9:30pm | 4:00pm | |
| 10:30pm | 5:00pm | |
| 11:30pm | 6:00pm | |
| 12:30am next day | 7:00pm | |
| 1:30am next day | 8:00pm | |
| 2:30am next day | 9:00pm | |
| 3:30am next day | 10:00pm | |
| 4:30am next day | 11:00pm | |
| 5:30am next day | 12:00am next day | |
| 6:30am next day | 1:00am next day | |
| 7:30am next day | 2:00am next day | |
| 8:30am next day | 3:00am next day | |
| 09:30 | 04:00 | |
| 10:30 | 05:00 | |
| 11:30 | 06:00 | |
| 12:30 | 07:00 | |
| 13:30 | 08:00 | |
| 14:30 | 09:00 | |
| 15:30 | 10:00 | |
| 16:30 | 11:00 | |
| 17:30 | 12:00 | |
| 18:30 | 13:00 | |
| 19:30 | 14:00 | |
| 20:30 | 15:00 | |
| 21:30 | 16:00 | |
| 22:30 | 17:00 | |
| 23:30 | 18:00 | |
| 00:30 next day | 19:00 | |
| 01:30 next day | 20:00 | |
| 02:30 next day | 21:00 | |
| 03:30 next day | 22:00 | |
| 04:30 next day | 23:00 | |
| 05:30 next day | 00:00 next day | |
| 06:30 next day | 01:00 next day | |
| 07:30 next day | 02:00 next day | |
| 08:30 next day | 03:00 next day |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST 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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- 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/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo 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
- +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
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time).
GMT representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone