IST to PT Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 17, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 17, 2026
IST is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, IST is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 8:30 pm (previous day) to 5:30 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 7:30 pm (previous day) to 4:30 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 20:30 (previous day) to 05:30 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 19:30 (previous day) to 04:30 in PT.
Compare IST time with PT 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 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in IST which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 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.
Current time in India: India time now
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 Time
Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.
Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.
Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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
PT 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 PT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone