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KST
Pyongyang Time
GMT +8:30
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9pm
KST is not used on this date
This converter keeps KST at GMT +8:30. Pyongyang uses GMT+9 (GMT +9) on this date. Choose Pyongyang, Hamhung, or Nampo for city-specific time.
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
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9am
12pm
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9pm

Quick answers

KST Pyongyang is 3 hours ahead of IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST Pyongyang correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in IST.

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

Time Difference

Pyongyang Time is 3 hours ahead of India Standard Time
8:30 pm20:30 in KST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

KST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in KST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in IST

8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

8:30 pm20:30 KST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

KSTIST
12am (midnight)9pm
1am10pm
2am11pm
3am12am (midnight)
4am1am
5am2am
6am3am
7am4am
8am5am
9am6am
10am7am
11am8am
12pm (noon)9am
1pm10am
2pm11am
3pm12pm (noon)
4pm1pm
5pm2pm
6pm3pm
7pm4pm
8pm5pm
9pm6pm
10pm7pm
11pm8pm
00:0021:00
01:0022:00
02:0023:00
03:0000:00
04:0001:00
05:0002:00
06:0003:00
07:0004:00
08:0005:00
09:0006:00
10:0007:00
11:0008:00
12:0009:00
13:0010:00
14:0011:00
15:0012:00
16:0013:00
17:0014:00
18:0015:00
19:0016:00
20:0017:00
21:0018:00
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23:0020:00

Pyongyang Time

Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0830 - basic
  • +08:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0830 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30

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