IST to PST Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 14, 2026
IST is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.
IST and PST (US winter time, UTC-8) examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.
PST is US Pacific winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC-7), one hour later. In July, 10:00 am IST = 9:30 pm PDT (previous day)10:00 IST = 21:30 PDT (previous day). For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use IST to PT. For daylight-time examples, use IST to PDT.
Popular IST to PST conversions
| IST | IST 24-hour | PST (US winter time, UTC-8) | PST (US winter time, UTC-8) 24-hour |
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| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 7:30 pm (previous day) | 19:30 (previous day) |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 8:30 pm (previous day) | 20:30 (previous day) |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 9:30 pm (previous day) | 21:30 (previous day) |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 6:30 am | 06:30 |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 7:30 am | 07:30 |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 8:30 am | 08:30 |
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, IST is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 8:30 pm (previous day) to 4:30 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 7:30 pm (previous day) to 3:30 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 20:30 (previous day) to 04:30 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 19:30 (previous day) to 03:30 in PST.
Compare IST time with PST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
IST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in IST which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
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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
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +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.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone