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This converter uses AZOST (UTC+0), as in Azores.

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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 13, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 13, 2026

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AZOST.

IST and AZOT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and AZOT (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AZOT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AZOST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AZOT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:30 am to 11:30 am in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:30 am to 10:30 am in AZOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 03:30 to 11:30 in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 02:30 to 10:30 in AZOT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Azores Summer Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST

IST to AZOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-5pm14:30-17:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-11:30am09:00-11:30 in AZOST

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST

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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

Azores Time

Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOT time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagoa, Angra do Heroísmo, Rabo de Peixe, Horta.

Map of the areas on Azores Time (AZOT)
AZOT part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0.

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

123456789101112End: Azores Time (AZOT) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Azores Time (AZOT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for AZOT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone