IST to MSD Converter

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IST
India Standard Time
UTC+5:30
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MSK/MSD
Moscow Standard Time
UTC+3
2h 30m behind
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MSD is not used on this date.

This converter uses MSK (UTC+3), as in Moscow.

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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 1, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 MSK (UTC+3), Nov 1, 2026

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of MSK.

IST and MSD examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and MSD (UTC+4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of MSD.

How the time difference changes

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of MSK year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in MSK.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in MSK.

Compare IST time with MSD 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 Moscow Standard Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 pm15:00 in MSK

IST to MSK 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 MSK

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 pm15:00 MSK

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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

Map of the areas on India Standard Time (IST)
IST all year

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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

Moscow Daylight Time

Offset: MSD is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

MSD representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for MSD
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time