IST to CAST Converter
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The selected date and time will appear here when the converter loads.
IST and CAST examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and CAST (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind CAST.
How the time difference changes
IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind CAST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 11:30 am to 7:30 pm in CAST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 11:30 to 19:30 in CAST.
Compare IST time with CAST 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 behind Casey Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 8:00 pm20:00 in CAST
IST to CAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2:30pm09:00-14:30 in IST which corresponds to 11:30am-5pm11:30-17:00 in CAST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Casey Time (CAST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 8:00 pm20:00 CAST
| IST | CAST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2:30 am |
| 1am | 3:30 am |
| 2am | 4:30 am |
| 3am | 5:30 am |
| 4am | 6:30 am |
| 5am | 7:30 am |
| 6am | 8:30 am |
| 7am | 9:30 am |
| 8am | 10:30 am |
| 9am | 11:30 am |
| 10am | 12:30 pm |
| 11am | 1:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 2:30 pm |
| 1pm | 3:30 pm |
| 2pm | 4:30 pm |
| 3pm | 5:30 pm |
| 4pm | 6:30 pm |
| 5pm | 7:30 pm |
| 6pm | 8:30 pm |
| 7pm | 9:30 pm |
| 8pm | 10:30 pm |
| 9pm | 11:30 pm |
| 10pm | 12:30 am |
| 11pm | 1:30 am |
| 00:00 | 02:30 |
| 01:00 | 03:30 |
| 02:00 | 04:30 |
| 03:00 | 05:30 |
| 04:00 | 06:30 |
| 05:00 | 07:30 |
| 06:00 | 08:30 |
| 07:00 | 09:30 |
| 08:00 | 10:30 |
| 09:00 | 11:30 |
| 10:00 | 12:30 |
| 11:00 | 13:30 |
| 12:00 | 14:30 |
| 13:00 | 15:30 |
| 14:00 | 16:30 |
| 15:00 | 17:30 |
| 16:00 | 18:30 |
| 17:00 | 19:30 |
| 18:00 | 20:30 |
| 19:00 | 21:30 |
| 20:00 | 22:30 |
| 21:00 | 23:30 |
| 22:00 | 00:30 |
| 23:00 | 01:30 |
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, Chennai, Kolkata.
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
- +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
Casey Time
Offset: CAST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Antarctica
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Casey Time (CAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for CAST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time