IST to KST Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 12, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 12, 2026
IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.
IST and KST examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and KST (UTC+9). 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 behind KST.
How the time difference changes
IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind KST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm in KST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 12:30 to 20:30 in KST.
Compare IST time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Korea Standard Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST
IST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in IST which corresponds to 12:30pm-5pm12:30-17:00 in KST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 9:00 pm21:00 KST
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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.
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
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Korea (North), Korea (South)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Korea Standard Time (KST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for KST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Seoul
- ROK
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time