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IST to MSK Converter

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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MSK
Moscow Standard Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

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

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of MSK.

IST and MSK examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and MSK (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of MSK.

How the time difference changes

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

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 2:30 pm in MSK.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 06:30 to 14:30 in MSK.

Compare IST time with MSK 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-5pm11:30-17:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm09:00-14:30 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

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

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

Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK time zone is Moscow in Russia, with about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Moscow Standard Time (MSK) do not change for daylight saving time, so MSK stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MSK Time Zone Geo Map
MSK timezone map

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MSK time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Kirov
  • Europe/Moscow
  • Europe/Simferopol
  • Europe/Volgograd
  • W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time
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