IST to SGT Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 SGT (UTC+8), Oct 18, 2026
IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind SGT.
IST and SGT examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and SGT (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 2 hours and 30 minutes behind SGT.
How the time difference changes
IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind SGT year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 11:30 am to 8:30 pm in SGT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 11:30 to 20:30 in SGT.
Compare IST time with SGT 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 behind Singapore Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 8:00 pm20:00 in SGT
IST to SGT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in IST which corresponds to 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in SGT
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Singapore Time (SGT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 8:00 pm20:00 SGT
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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
Singapore Time
Offset: SGT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Singapore
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SGT time zone is Singapore in Singapore, with about 5.639 million people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Singapore Time (SGT) do not change for daylight saving time, so SGT 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 Singapore: Singapore time now
SGT 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 east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for SGT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time