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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 1, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 LHDT (UTC+11), Nov 1, 2026

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind LHDT.

IST and LHDT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and LHDT (UTC+11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind LHDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, IST is 5 hours behind LHST or IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind LHDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in LHST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm in LHDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in LHST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 14:30 to 23:30 in LHDT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind Lord Howe Daylight Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 11:00 pm23:00 in LHDT

IST to LHDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in IST which corresponds to 2:30pm-6pm14:30-18:00 in LHDT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT). Offset UTC +11:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 11:00 pm23:00 LHDT

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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

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

Lord Howe Daylight Time

Offset: LHDT is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Map of the areas on Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT)
LHDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on LHDT.

Daylight Saving: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back 30 minutes and observe Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST).

123456789101112Start: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) started on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set 30 minutes forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am02:30. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set 30 minutes back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 1:30 am01:30 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

LHDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for LHDT
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
  • BST - Bougainville Standard Time
  • KOST - Kosrae Time
  • L - Lima Time Zone
  • LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
  • MAGT - Magadan Time
  • NCT - New Caledonia Time
  • NFT - Norfolk Time
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon Islands Time
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time