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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 15, 2026 = 4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 15, 2026

IST is 1 hour ahead of Kafir Qala.

How the time difference changes

IST is 1 hour ahead of Kafir Qala year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Kafir Qala.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Kafir Qala.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of AFT (Afghanistan Time).
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 4:30 pm16:30 in Kafir Qala, Afghanistan

IST to Kafir Qala call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Kafir Qala

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
4:30 pm16:30 AFT (Afghanistan Time) (Kafir Qala, Afghanistan). Offset UTC +4:30 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 4:30 pm16:30 Kafir Qala, Afghanistan

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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

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

Kafir Qala Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AFT – Afghanistan Time, UTC+4:30 (no daylight saving time)

Kafir Qala Facts

Country
Afghanistan
Alternative Names
Eslam Qal`eh, Eslamqal`a, Eslamqal‘a, Eslām Qal‘eh, Islam Kala, Islam Killa, Islam Qal`ah, Islam Qala, Islām Kala, Islām Qala, Islām Qal‘ah, Kafar Qal`eh, Kafir Kala, Kafir Qala, Kāfar Qal‘eh
Population
18,086
Currency
Afghani (AFN)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 40' N Latitude / 61° 04' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+93