IST to EGST Converter

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India Standard Time
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West Greenland Time
UTC−2
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This converter uses WGT (UTC−2), as in Scoresbysund.

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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 29, 2026 = 10:00 am10:00 WGT (UTC-2), Oct 29, 2026

IST is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGT.

IST and EGST examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and EGST (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EGST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 27, 2027, IST is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:30 am to 11:30 am in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 1:30 am to 10:30 am in WGT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 02:30 to 11:30 in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 01:30 to 10:30 in WGT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of West Greenland Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 10:00 am10:00 in WGT

IST to WGT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-6pm16:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in WGT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
10:00 am10:00 West Greenland Time (WGT). Offset UTC -2:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 10:00 am10:00 WGT

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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

Map of the areas on India Standard Time (IST)
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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

Eastern Greenland Summer Time

Offset: EGST is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

EGST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for EGST
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone