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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 16, 2026 = 10:00 pm22:00 PGT (UTC+10), Oct 16, 2026

IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind PGT.

IST and PGT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and PGT (UTC+10). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind PGT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind PGT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm in PGT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 13:30 to 22:30 in PGT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind Papua New Guinea Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 10:00 pm22:00 in PGT

IST to PGT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in IST which corresponds to 1:30pm-6pm13:30-18:00 in PGT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
10:00 pm22:00 Papua New Guinea Time (PGT). Offset UTC +10:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 10:00 pm22:00 PGT

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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.

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

Papua New Guinea Time

Offset: PGT is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Papua New Guinea

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PGT time zone is Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, with about 283,733 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lae, Mount Hagen, Popondetta, Madang.

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

PGT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +10 - basic short
  • +1000 - basic
  • +10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Kilo - Military abbreviation for PGT
  • K - short form of 'Kilo'
Time zones with the GMT +10 offset:
  • AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
  • CHUT - Chuuk Time
  • ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
  • K - Kilo Time Zone
  • KDT - Korea Daylight Time
  • PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
  • VLAT - Vladivostok Time
  • YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
  • YAPT - Yap Time