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Lord Howe Island is on daylight saving time: LHDT (UTC+11) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 2, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 LHDT (UTC+11), Nov 2, 2026

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind LHDT.

IST and LHST examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and LHST (UTC+10:30). 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 behind LHST.

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 LHST 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 Standard Time

Offset: LHST is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Map of the areas on Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST)
LHST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+11.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward 30 minutes for daylight saving time and observe Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT).

123456789101112End: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112Start: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

LHST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time