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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 25, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 25, 2026

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Jidd Ḩafş.

How the time difference changes

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Jidd Hafs year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in Jidd Hafs.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in Jidd Hafs.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AST (Arabia Standard Time).
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 pm15:00 in Jidd Hafs, Bahrain

IST to Jidd Ḩafş call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in Jidd Ḩafş

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Jidd Hafs, Bahrain). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 pm15:00 Jidd Hafs, Bahrain

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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.

Current time in India: India time now

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

Jidd Ḩafş Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AST – Arabia Standard Time, UTC+3 (no daylight saving time)

Jidd Ḩafş Facts

Country
Bahrain
Alternative Names
Djidd Hafs, Djidd Ḥafṣ, Jadd Hafs, Jid Hafs, Jidd Hafs, Jidd Ḩafş, Judd Hafs, Judd Ḩafş, jid hafs, جِدّ حَفْص
Population
66,588
Currency
Dinar (BHD)
Geographic Coordinates
26° 13' N Latitude / 50° 32' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+973