Updating current time…
IST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ET
UTC−5
10h 30m behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
UTC+0
5h 30m behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
KuwaitAST
UTC+3
2h 30m behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 4, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 ET (UTC-5), Nov 4, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Nov 4, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Nov 4, 2026

IST is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of ET. IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC. IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Kuwait City.

How the time difference changes

IST to ET

For most of the year, IST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of ET. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, IST is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of ET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 11:30 pm (previous day) to 8:30 am in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 10:30 pm (previous day) to 7:30 am in ET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 23:30 (previous day) to 08:30 in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 22:30 (previous day) to 07:30 in ET.

IST to UTC

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:30 am to 12:30 pm in UTC.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 03:30 to 12:30 in UTC.

IST to Kuwait City

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Kuwait City year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in Kuwait City.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in Kuwait City.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Time. India Standard Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. India Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of AST (Arabia Standard Time).
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 7:00 am07:00 in ET and is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Kuwait City, Kuwait

IST to ET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in IST which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in ET. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
IST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-6pm14:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in UTC
IST to Kuwait City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in Kuwait City

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Time (ET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Kuwait City, Kuwait). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 7:00 am07:00 ET / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 3:00 pm15:00 Kuwait City, Kuwait

Choose an hour to update the converter. Day labels such as “next day” or “+1” are relative to the selected date in the first column. Use Up and Down arrow keys, Home or End to move between hours, then Enter or Space to select.

Hourly time comparison
ISTETUTCKuwait City, Kuwait
1:30pm previous day6:30pm previous day9:30pm previous day
2:30pm previous day7:30pm previous day10:30pm previous day
3:30pm previous day8:30pm previous day11:30pm previous day
4:30pm previous day9:30pm previous day12:30am
5:30pm previous day10:30pm previous day1:30am
6:30pm previous day11:30pm previous day2:30am
7:30pm previous day12:30am3:30am
8:30pm previous day1:30am4:30am
9:30pm previous day2:30am5:30am
10:30pm previous day3:30am6:30am
11:30pm previous day4:30am7:30am
12:30am5:30am8:30am
1:30am6:30am9:30am
2:30am7:30am10:30am
3:30am8:30am11:30am
4:30am9:30am12:30pm
5:30am10:30am1:30pm
6:30am11:30am2:30pm
7:30am12:30pm3:30pm
8:30am1:30pm4:30pm
9:30am2:30pm5:30pm
10:30am3:30pm6:30pm
11:30am4:30pm7:30pm
12:30pm5:30pm8:30pm
13:30 previous day18:30 previous day21:30 previous day
14:30 previous day19:30 previous day22:30 previous day
15:30 previous day20:30 previous day23:30 previous day
16:30 previous day21:30 previous day00:30
17:30 previous day22:30 previous day01:30
18:30 previous day23:30 previous day02:30
19:30 previous day00:3003:30
20:30 previous day01:3004:30
21:30 previous day02:3005:30
22:30 previous day03:3006:30
23:30 previous day04:3007:30
00:3005:3008:30
01:3006:3009:30
02:3007:3010:30
03:3008:3011:30
04:3009:3012:30
05:3010:3013:30
06:3011:3014:30
07:3012:3015:30
08:3013:3016:30
09:3014:3017:30
10:3015:3018:30
11:3016:3019:30
12:3017:3020:30

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

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 Time

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ET time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Time (ET)
ET all year ET part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on ET.

ET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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

Coordinated Universal Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the UTC time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−1.

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • 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

Kuwait City Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AST – Arabia Standard Time, UTC+3 (no daylight saving time)

Kuwait City Facts

Country
Kuwait
Alternative Names
Al Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Al-Kuwait, Ciudad de Kuwait, Ehl'-Kuvejt, KWI, Koeweit, Kota Kuwait, Koveyit, Koweit, Koweït, Kuvaeyt, Kuvajt, Kuvajto, Kuvajturbo, Kuveitas, Kuväyt, Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait Stad, Kuwait by, Kuwait-Stadt, Kuwait-Urbo, Kuwayt, Kuweit, Kuwejt, Madinat al Kuwayt, Madinat al-Kuwait, Madīnat al Kuwayt, Pole tou Koubeit, aalkuayt, ke wei te shi, khuwet si ti, kuu~eto shi, kuweiteu, kuweiteusiti, kwwyt syty, mdynt alkwyt, Πόλη του Κουβέιτ, Эль-Кувейт, כווית סיטי, اَلْكُوَيْت, مدينة الكويت, คูเวตซิตี, クウェート市, 科威特市, 쿠웨이트, 쿠웨이트시티
Population
60,064
Currency
Dinar (KWD)
Geographic Coordinates
29° 22' N Latitude / 47° 58' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+965