IST to CLST Converter
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IST and CLST examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and CLST (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CLST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CLST. At other times of the year, IST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CLT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 12:30 am to 8:30 am in CLST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 11:30 pm (previous day) to 7:30 am in CLT.
Compare IST time with CLST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Chile Summer Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 9:00 am09:00 in CLST
IST to CLST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in CLST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
9:00 am09:00 Chile Summer Time (CLST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 9:00 am09:00 CLST
| IST | CLST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 3:30 pm |
| 1am | 4:30 pm |
| 2am | 5:30 pm |
| 3am | 6:30 pm |
| 4am | 7:30 pm |
| 5am | 8:30 pm |
| 6am | 9:30 pm |
| 7am | 10:30 pm |
| 8am | 11:30 pm |
| 9am | 12:30 am |
| 10am | 1:30 am |
| 11am | 2:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 3:30 am |
| 1pm | 4:30 am |
| 2pm | 5:30 am |
| 3pm | 6:30 am |
| 4pm | 7:30 am |
| 5pm | 8:30 am |
| 6pm | 9:30 am |
| 7pm | 10:30 am |
| 8pm | 11:30 am |
| 9pm | 12:30 pm |
| 10pm | 1:30 pm |
| 11pm | 2:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 15:30 |
| 01:00 | 16:30 |
| 02:00 | 17:30 |
| 03:00 | 18:30 |
| 04:00 | 19:30 |
| 05:00 | 20:30 |
| 06:00 | 21:30 |
| 07:00 | 22:30 |
| 08:00 | 23:30 |
| 09:00 | 00:30 |
| 10:00 | 01:30 |
| 11:00 | 02:30 |
| 12:00 | 03:30 |
| 13:00 | 04:30 |
| 14:00 | 05:30 |
| 15:00 | 06:30 |
| 16:00 | 07:30 |
| 17:00 | 08:30 |
| 18:00 | 09:30 |
| 19:00 | 10:30 |
| 20:00 | 11:30 |
| 21:00 | 12:30 |
| 22:00 | 13:30 |
| 23:00 | 14:30 |
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.
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
Chile Summer Time
Offset: CLST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Chile
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CLST time zone is Santiago in Chile, with about 4.837 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Puente Alto, Antofagasta, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso.
Daylight Saving: Chile Summer Time (CLST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Chile Standard Time (CLT).
Start: Chile Summer Time (CLST) started on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 7, 2025, 1:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of September
End: Chile Summer Time (CLST) ends on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 4, 2026, 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April
CLST representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for CLST
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time