IST to EST to EAT
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Daylight Time and 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Africa Time
8:00 am08:00 in IST is 10:30 pm22:30 in EDT and is 5:30 am05:30 in EAT
IST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-8pm in IST which corresponds to 7:30am-9:30am in EST
IST to EAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-3:30pm in EAT
8:00 am08:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
10:30 pm22:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 am05:30 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 IST / 10:30 pm22:30 EDT / 5:30 am05:30 EAT
IST | EDT | EAT |
---|---|---|
12am (midnight) | 2:30 pm | 9:30 pm |
1am | 3:30 pm | 10:30 pm |
2am | 4:30 pm | 11:30 pm |
3am | 5:30 pm | 12:30 am |
4am | 6:30 pm | 1:30 am |
5am | 7:30 pm | 2:30 am |
6am | 8:30 pm | 3:30 am |
7am | 9:30 pm | 4:30 am |
8am | 10:30 pm | 5:30 am |
9am | 11:30 pm | 6:30 am |
10am | 12:30 am | 7:30 am |
11am | 1:30 am | 8:30 am |
12pm (noon) | 2:30 am | 9:30 am |
1pm | 3:30 am | 10:30 am |
2pm | 4:30 am | 11:30 am |
3pm | 5:30 am | 12:30 pm |
4pm | 6:30 am | 1:30 pm |
5pm | 7:30 am | 2:30 pm |
6pm | 8:30 am | 3:30 pm |
7pm | 9:30 am | 4:30 pm |
8pm | 10:30 am | 5:30 pm |
9pm | 11:30 am | 6:30 pm |
10pm | 12:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
11pm | 1:30 pm | 8:30 pm |
0:00 | 14:30 | 21:30 |
1:00 | 15:30 | 22:30 |
2:00 | 16:30 | 23:30 |
3:00 | 17:30 | 0:30 |
4:00 | 18:30 | 1:30 |
5:00 | 19:30 | 2:30 |
6:00 | 20:30 | 3:30 |
7:00 | 21:30 | 4:30 |
8:00 | 22:30 | 5:30 |
9:00 | 23:30 | 6:30 |
10:00 | 0:30 | 7:30 |
11:00 | 1:30 | 8:30 |
12:00 | 2:30 | 9:30 |
13:00 | 3:30 | 10:30 |
14:00 | 4:30 | 11:30 |
15:00 | 5:30 | 12:30 |
16:00 | 6:30 | 13:30 |
17:00 | 7:30 | 14:30 |
18:00 | 8:30 | 15:30 |
19:00 | 9:30 | 16:30 |
20:00 | 10:30 | 17:30 |
21:00 | 11:30 | 18:30 |
22:00 | 12:30 | 19:30 |
23:00 | 13:30 | 20:30 |
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

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 five hour and thirty minutes time differences 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
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Eastern Africa Time
Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT timezone is Addis Ababa from Ethiopia with population about 2.758 million people. Other major cities in the area are Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu, Antananarivo
Daylight Saving: Eastern Africa Time (EAT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore EAT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Eastern Africa Time remains the same

EAT 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 three hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for EAT
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Africa/Asmara
- Africa/Asmera
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Africa/Djibouti
- Africa/Kampala
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Africa/Nairobi
- Indian/Antananarivo
- Indian/Comoro
- Indian/Mayotte
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time