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Chennai, India to NZST

Chennai
India
IST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

IST (India Standard Time) is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind New Zealand Standard Time
5:00 am05:00 in Chennai, India is 11:30 am11:30 in NZST

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

5:00 am05:00 IST (India Standard Time) (Chennai, India). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
11:30 am11:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 Chennai, India / 11:30 am11:30 NZST

Chennai, IndiaNZST
12am (midnight)6:30 am
1am7:30 am
2am8:30 am
3am9:30 am
4am10:30 am
5am11:30 am
6am12:30 pm
7am1:30 pm
8am2:30 pm
9am3:30 pm
10am4:30 pm
11am5:30 pm
12pm (noon)6:30 pm
1pm7:30 pm
2pm8:30 pm
3pm9:30 pm
4pm10:30 pm
5pm11:30 pm
6pm12:30 am
7pm1:30 am
8pm2:30 am
9pm3:30 am
10pm4:30 am
11pm5:30 am
00:0006:30
01:0007:30
02:0008:30
03:0009:30
04:0010:30
05:0011:30
06:0012:30
07:0013:30
08:0014:30
09:0015:30
10:0016:30
11:0017:30
12:0018:30
13:0019:30
14:0020:30
15:0021:30
16:0022:30
17:0023:30
18:0000:30
19:0001:30
20:0002:30
21:0003:30
22:0004:30
23:0005:30

Chennai Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - India Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:30 hours during India Standard Time, currently in use.

Chennai Facts

Country
India
Alternative Names
Cenaj, Cenajo, Cenajus, Cenay, Cennai, Cennaj, Chehnai, Chenaj, Chennai, Chennai - cennai, Chennai - சென்னை, Chennaj, Csennai, MAA, Maderaspatanum, Madras, Madrás, Tamizhagam, Tamulinadu, Tsennai, cen ni, cena'i, cenna'i, cennai, chen'nai, chenai, chennai, chnay, chnayy, chynay, chynayy, jin nai, qing nai, tshynay, znʼy, Çenay, Çennai, Ćennaj, Ĉenajo, Čenaj, Čenajus, Čennai, Čennaí, Τσεννάι, Ченай, Ченај, Ченнаи, Ченнай, Ченнаї, Чэнаі, Չեննայ, צנאי, تشيناي, چنائی, چنای, چينای, چینائی, चेन्नई, चेन्नै, চেন্নাই, ਚੇਨਈ, ચેન્નઈ, ଚେନ୍ନାଇ, சென்னை, చెన్నై, ಚೆನ್ನೈ, ചെന്നൈ, චෙන්නායි, เจนไน, ချန်နိုင်းမြို့, ჩენაი, チェンナイ, 清奈, 金奈, 첸나이
Population
4,328,063
Currency
Rupee (INR)
Geographic Coordinates
13° 05' N Latitude / 80° 16' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+91

New Zealand Standard Time

Offset: NZST is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZST Time Zone Geo Map
NZST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

NZST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT