IST to IST Israel Converter
IST is not used on this date.
This converter uses IDT (UTC+3), as in Jerusalem.
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 19, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 IDT (UTC+3), Oct 19, 2026
IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IDT.
IST and IST examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and IST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IDT Israel. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 26, 2027, IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST Israel.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in IDT Israel. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 5:30 am to 2:30 pm in IST Israel.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in IDT Israel. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 05:30 to 14:30 in IST Israel.
Compare IST time with IST 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 ahead of Israel Daylight Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 pm15:00 in IDT
IST to IDT 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 IDT
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Israel Daylight Time (IDT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 pm15:00 IDT
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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
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
Israel Standard Time
Offset: IST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Israel
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 971,800 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tel Aviv, Haifa, Rishon LeTsiyyon, Petaẖ Tiqva.
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+3 (IDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Israel Daylight Time (IDT).
End: Israel Standard Time (IST) ended on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead.
Start: Israel Standard Time (IST) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
See Israel daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for IST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Asia/Tel_Aviv
- Israel
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time