IST to AKST Converter
Quick answers
IST is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AKST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and AKST uses GMT -9 for this comparison.
For example, 5:30 pm IST is 3:00 am AKST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 8am-9am IST, which is 5:30pm-6:30pm AKST (previous day).
Compare IST time with AKST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Alaska Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 am03:00 in AKST
IST to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in IST which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm in AKST (previous day)
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 am03:00 AKST
| IST | AKST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9:30 am |
| 1am | 10:30 am |
| 2am | 11:30 am |
| 3am | 12:30 pm |
| 4am | 1:30 pm |
| 5am | 2:30 pm |
| 6am | 3:30 pm |
| 7am | 4:30 pm |
| 8am | 5:30 pm |
| 9am | 6:30 pm |
| 10am | 7:30 pm |
| 11am | 8:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 9:30 pm |
| 1pm | 10:30 pm |
| 2pm | 11:30 pm |
| 3pm | 12:30 am |
| 4pm | 1:30 am |
| 5pm | 2:30 am |
| 6pm | 3:30 am |
| 7pm | 4:30 am |
| 8pm | 5:30 am |
| 9pm | 6:30 am |
| 10pm | 7:30 am |
| 11pm | 8:30 am |
| 00:00 | 09:30 |
| 01:00 | 10:30 |
| 02:00 | 11:30 |
| 03:00 | 12:30 |
| 04:00 | 13:30 |
| 05:00 | 14:30 |
| 06:00 | 15:30 |
| 07:00 | 16:30 |
| 08:00 | 17:30 |
| 09:00 | 18:30 |
| 10:00 | 19:30 |
| 11:00 | 20:30 |
| 12:00 | 21:30 |
| 13:00 | 22:30 |
| 14:00 | 23:30 |
| 15:00 | 00:30 |
| 16:00 | 01:30 |
| 17:00 | 02:30 |
| 18:00 | 03:30 |
| 19:00 | 04:30 |
| 20:00 | 05:30 |
| 21:00 | 06:30 |
| 22:00 | 07:30 |
| 23:00 | 08:30 |
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 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
Alaska Standard Time
Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 291,826 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
AKST representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Anchorage
- America/Juneau
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Nome
- America/Sitka
- America/Yakutat
- US/Alaska
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone
