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India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 10, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 10, 2026

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Timbuktu.

How the time difference changes

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Timbuktu year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:30 am to 11:30 am in Timbuktu.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 03:30 to 11:30 in Timbuktu.

Compare IST time with Timbuktu 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 ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 12:00 pm12:00 in Timbuktu, Mali

IST to Timbuktu call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-5pm14:30-17:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-11:30am09:00-11:30 in Timbuktu

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Timbuktu, Mali). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 Timbuktu, Mali

ISTTimbuktu, Mali
12:00am6:30pm
1:00am7:30pm
2:00am8:30pm
3:00am9:30pm
4:00am10:30pm
5:00am11:30pm
6:00am12:30am
7:00am1:30am
8:00am2:30am
9:00am3:30am
10:00am4:30am
11:00am5:30am
12:00pm6:30am
1:00pm7:30am
2:00pm8:30am
3:00pm9:30am
4:00pm10:30am
5:00pm11:30am
6:00pm12:30pm
7:00pm1:30pm
8:00pm2:30pm
9:00pm3:30pm
10:00pm4:30pm
11:00pm5:30pm
00:0018:30
01:0019:30
02:0020:30
03:0021:30
04:0022:30
05:0023:30
06:0000:30
07:0001:30
08:0002:30
09:0003:30
10:0004:30
11:0005:30
12:0006:30
13:0007:30
14:0008:30
15:0009:30
16:0010:30
17:0011:30
18:0012:30
19:0013:30
20:0014:30
21:0015:30
22:0016:30
23:0017:30

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, Chennai, Kolkata.

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 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

Timbuktu Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+0:00 hours during Greenwich Mean Time, currently in use.

Timbuktu Facts

Country
Mali
Alternative Names
TOM, Timbocto, Timboctu, Timboctó, Timboctú, Timboektoe, Timbouctou, Timbuctoo, Timbuctu, Timbuctù, Timbuctú, Timbuktu, Timbuktuo, Timbuktú, Timbúktú, Timbûktû, Timpouktou, Tiombuctu, Tombouctou, Tombuctu, Tombuctú, Tombuktu, Tombutu, Tombutum, Tonbuktu, rrimbakrru, tang pu tu, thim bak tu, tibakatu, timabuktu, timbakatu, timbaktu, timbugtu, timpaktu, ting ba ke tu, tmbktw, tonbukuto~u, tymbwktw, tymbwqtw, Τιμπουκτού, Тимбукту, Томбукту, Тімбукту, טימבוקטו, تمبكتو, تیمبوکتو, ٹمبکٹو, टिंबक्टू, टिम्बकटू, तिमबुक्तु, ਤਿੰਬਕਤੂ, ટિમ્બક્ટુ, திம்பக்து, టింబక్టు, ಟಿಂಬಕ್ಟು, റ്റിംബക്റ്റൂ, ทิมบักตู, ტომბუქტუ, トンブクトゥ, 廷巴克图, 廷巴克圖, 湯瀑圖, 팀북투
Population
84,208
Currency
Franc (XOF)
Geographic Coordinates
16° 46' N Latitude / 3° 00' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+223