IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PST
Pitcairn Standard Time
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

IST is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and PST uses GMT -8 for this comparison.

For example, 5:30 pm IST is 4:00 am PST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 7:30am-8:30am IST, which is 6pm-7pm PST (previous day).

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 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Pitcairn Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 4:00 am04:00 in PST

IST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in IST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in PST (previous day)

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pitcairn Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 4:00 am04:00 PST

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

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, Kolkata, Chennai.

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.

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

Pitcairn Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

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 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pitcairn Standard Time (PST) do not change for daylight saving time, so PST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone