GST
Gulf Standard Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

GST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST. GST uses GMT +4, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.

For example, 4:00 pm GST is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 9am-3:30pm GST, which is 10:30am-5pm IST.

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

Time Difference

Gulf Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
4:00 pm16:00 in GST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

GST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm in GST which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm in IST

4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

4:00 pm16:00 GST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

GSTIST
12am (midnight)1:30 am
1am2:30 am
2am3:30 am
3am4:30 am
4am5:30 am
5am6:30 am
6am7:30 am
7am8:30 am
8am9:30 am
9am10:30 am
10am11:30 am
11am12:30 pm
12pm (noon)1:30 pm
1pm2:30 pm
2pm3:30 pm
3pm4:30 pm
4pm5:30 pm
5pm6:30 pm
6pm7:30 pm
7pm8:30 pm
8pm9:30 pm
9pm10:30 pm
10pm11:30 pm
11pm12:30 am
00:0001:30
01:0002:30
02:0003:30
03:0004:30
04:0005:30
05:0006:30
06:0007:30
07:0008:30
08:0009:30
09:0010:30
10:0011:30
11:0012:30
12:0013:30
13:0014:30
14:0015:30
15:0016:30
16:0017:30
17:0018:30
18:0019:30
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20:0021:30
21:0022:30
22:0023:30
23:0000:30

Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

GST Time Zone Geo Map
GST timezone map

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles 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, Kolkata, Chennai.

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.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

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