HKT to IST Converter
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8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 13, 2026
HKT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
HKT and IST examples
These examples always use HKT (UTC+8) 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.
HKT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
How the time difference changes
HKT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT correspond to 6:30 am to 2:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in HKT correspond to 06:30 to 14:30 in IST.
Compare HKT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
HKT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-5pm11:30-17:00 in HKT which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm09:00-14:30 in IST
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
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.
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