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North Korea
KST
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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
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Quick answers

Kaesong is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Kaesong correspond to 5:30 am to 1:30 pm in IST.

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

Time Difference

KST (Korea Standard Time) is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time
9:00 pm21:00 in Kaesong, North Korea is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Kaesŏng to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-5pm in Kaesŏng which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm in IST

9:00 pm21:00 KST (Korea Standard Time) (Kaesong, North Korea). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

9:00 pm21:00 Kaesong, North Korea / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Kaesong, North KoreaIST
12am (midnight)8:30 pm
1am9:30 pm
2am10:30 pm
3am11:30 pm
4am12:30 am
5am1:30 am
6am2:30 am
7am3:30 am
8am4:30 am
9am5:30 am
10am6:30 am
11am7:30 am
12pm (noon)8:30 am
1pm9:30 am
2pm10:30 am
3pm11:30 am
4pm12:30 pm
5pm1:30 pm
6pm2:30 pm
7pm3:30 pm
8pm4:30 pm
9pm5:30 pm
10pm6:30 pm
11pm7:30 pm
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Kaesŏng Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT+9 - Korean Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+9:00 hours during Korean Standard Time, currently in use.

Kaesŏng Facts

Country
North Korea
Alternative Names
Kaesong, Kaesŏng, Kai-seng, Kaijo, Kaijō, Kaisong, Kaizyo, Kaizyō, Kehson, Kesongas, Shoto, Shōto, Songdo, gaeseongsi, gaeseongteuggeubsi, kai cheng shi, kai cheng te ji shi, Кэсон, 开城特级市, 開城市, 개성시, 개성특급시
Population
338,155
Currency
Won (KPW)
Geographic Coordinates
37° 58' N Latitude / 126° 33' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+850

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