SCT to IST Converter
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4:00 pm16:00 SCT (UTC+4), Oct 31, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 31, 2026
SCT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST.
SCT and IST examples
These examples always use SCT (UTC+4) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SCT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST.
How the time difference changes
SCT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SCT correspond to 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SCT correspond to 10:30 to 19:30 in IST.
Compare SCT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Seychelles Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in SCT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
SCT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in SCT which corresponds to 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in IST
4:00 pm16:00 Seychelles Time (SCT). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
4:00 pm16:00 SCT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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Seychelles Time
Offset: SCT is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Seychelles
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SCT time zone is Victoria in Seychelles, with about 22,881 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cascade, Perseverance, Baie Sainte Anne, Baie Lazare.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Seychelles Time (SCT) do not change for daylight saving time, so SCT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
SCT representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for SCT
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
- MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
- SAMT - Samara Time
- AMT - Armenia Time
- AZT - Azerbaijan Time
- D - Delta Time Zone
- GET - Georgia Standard Time
- GST - Gulf Standard Time
- MUT - Mauritius Time
- RET - Reunion Time
- SCT - Seychelles Time
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