IST to Beijing, China
Compare IST time with Beijing 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 CST (China Standard Time)
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 8:00 pm20:00 in Beijing, China
IST to Beijing call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2:30pm in IST which corresponds to 11:30am-5pm in Beijing
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Beijing, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 8:00 pm20:00 Beijing, China
| IST | Beijing, China |
|---|---|
| 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, 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
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