IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Hong Kong
HKT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare IST time with Hong Kong 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 HKT (Hong Kong Time)
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 8:00 pm20:00 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

IST to Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT (Hong Kong Time) (Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

ISTHong Kong, Hong Kong
12am (midnight)2:30 am
1am3:30 am
2am4:30 am
3am5:30 am
4am6:30 am
5am7:30 am
6am8:30 am
7am9:30 am
8am10:30 am
9am11:30 am
10am12:30 pm
11am1:30 pm
12pm (noon)2:30 pm
1pm3:30 pm
2pm4:30 pm
3pm5:30 pm
4pm6:30 pm
5pm7:30 pm
6pm8:30 pm
7pm9:30 pm
8pm10:30 pm
9pm11:30 pm
10pm12:30 am
11pm1:30 am
00:0002:30
01:0003:30
02:0004:30
03:0005:30
04:0006:30
05:0007:30
06:0008:30
07:0009:30
08:0010:30
09:0011:30
10:0012:30
11:0013:30
12:0014:30
13:0015:30
14:0016:30
15:0017:30
16:0018:30
17:0019:30
18:0020:30
19:0021:30
20:0022:30
21:0023:30
22:0000:30
23:0001:30

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 Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

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

Hong Kong Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CST - China Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during China Standard Time, currently in use.

Hong Kong Facts

Country
Hong Kong
Alternative Names
Chon'nk Kon'nk, Gankong, Gon Kong, Gonkong, HKG, Hiong-geng, Hiŏng-gē̤ng, Hong Kong, Hongkong, Honkong, Hồng Kông, Khongkong, Khonkong, Victoria, ankan, hamga kamga, hanakana, hang kang, hang kang nagaram, hangakanga, hang‌kang, hankam, heankean, hng kng, hon'ga kon'ga, hong-kʼongi, hongakonga, hongkong, honkongu, hwng kwng, hwng qwng, hwngh kwngh, hwnj kwnj, hxngkng, hʼng qʼng, shyanggang, xiang gang, Χονγκ Κονγκ, Ганконг, Гонконг, Хонгконг, Хонконг, Һoң Koң, Һоң Коң, Հոնկոնգ, האנג קאנג, הונג קונג, شياڭگاڭ, هانگ کانگ, هنگ کنگ, هونج كونج, هونغ كونغ, هونگ کونگ, ھwng kwng, ھونگ کونگ, ھۆng kۆng, ھۆنگ کۆنگ, ہang kang, ہانگ کانگ, ހޮންކޮންގު, हङकङ, हाँग काँग, हांगकांग, हांग् कांग् नगरम्, हॉन्ग कॉन्ग, হংকং, ਹਾਂਗਕਾਂਗ, હોંગકોંગ, ହଂକଂ, ஆங்காங், హాంగ్‌కాంగ్, ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್, ഹോങ്കോങ്, හොංකොං, ฮ่องกง, ཧང་ཀང་།, ཧོང་ཀོང་།, ဟောငကောင, ဟောင်ကောင်, ჰონგ-კონგი, ሆንግ ኮንግ, ហងកង, ហុងកុង, 香港, 홍콩
Population
7,012,738
Currency
Dollar (HKD)
Geographic Coordinates
22° 16' N Latitude / 114° 10' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+852