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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WGST
Western Greenland Summer Time
GMT -1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 6, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 WGST (UTC-1), Oct 6, 2026

IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGST.

IST and WGST examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and WGST (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGST. At other times of the year, IST is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WGT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:30 am to 10:30 am in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 1:30 am to 9:30 am in WGT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 02:30 to 10:30 in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 01:30 to 09:30 in WGT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Western Greenland Summer Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 11:00 am11:00 in WGST

IST to WGST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3:30pm-5pm15:30-17:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in WGST

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
11:00 am11:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 11:00 am11:00 WGST

ISTWGST
12:00am5:30pm
1:00am6:30pm
2:00am7:30pm
3:00am8:30pm
4:00am9:30pm
5:00am10:30pm
6:00am11:30pm
7:00am12:30am
8:00am1:30am
9:00am2:30am
10:00am3:30am
11:00am4:30am
12:00pm5:30am
1:00pm6:30am
2:00pm7:30am
3:00pm8:30am
4:00pm9:30am
5:00pm10:30am
6:00pm11:30am
7:00pm12:30pm
8:00pm1:30pm
9:00pm2:30pm
10:00pm3:30pm
11:00pm4:30pm
00:0017:30
01:0018:30
02:0019:30
03:0020:30
04:0021:30
05:0022:30
06:0023:30
07:0000:30
08:0001:30
09:0002:30
10:0003:30
11:0004:30
12:0005:30
13:0006:30
14:0007:30
15:0008:30
16:0009:30
17:0010:30
18:0011:30
19:0012:30
20:0013:30
21:0014:30
22:0015:30
23:0016:30

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, Chennai, Kolkata.

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 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

Western Greenland Summer Time

Offset: WGST is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

WGST Time Zone Geo Map
WGST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe West Greenland Time (WGT).

Start: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) started on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm23:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Saturday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WGST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for WGST
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone