Turkey
TRT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

TRT (Turkey Time) is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
3:00 pm15:00 in Istanbul, Turkey is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Istanbul to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2:30pm in Istanbul which corresponds to 11:30am-5pm in IST

3:00 pm15:00 TRT (Turkey Time) (Istanbul, Turkey). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Istanbul, Turkey / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Istanbul, TurkeyIST
12am (midnight)2:30 am
1am3:30 am
2am4:30 am
3am5:30 am
4am6:30 am
5am7:30 am
6am8:30 am
7am9:30 am
8am10:30 am
9am11:30 am
10am12:30 pm
11am1:30 pm
12pm (noon)2:30 pm
1pm3:30 pm
2pm4:30 pm
3pm5:30 pm
4pm6:30 pm
5pm7:30 pm
6pm8:30 pm
7pm9:30 pm
8pm10:30 pm
9pm11:30 pm
10pm12:30 am
11pm1:30 am
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01:0003:30
02:0004:30
03:0005:30
04:0006:30
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06:0008:30
07:0009:30
08:0010:30
09:0011:30
10:0012:30
11:0013:30
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Istanbul Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT+3 - Türkiye Standard Time
TRT - Turkey Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Türkiye Standard Time, currently in use.
+3:00 hours during Turkey Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Istanbul Facts

Country
Turkey
Alternative Names
Bizanc, Bizánc, Byzance, Byzantion, Byzantium, Byzanz, Constantinoble, Constantinopla, Constantinople, Constantinopolen, Constantinopoli, Constantinopolis, Costantinopoli, Estambul, IST, Istamboul, Istambul, Istambuł, Istampoul, Istanbul, Istanbúl, Isztambul, Konstantinapoly, Konstantinopel, Konstantinopolo, Konstantinoupoli, Konstantinoupolis, Konstantinápoly, Kustantiniyah, Micklagard, Micklagård, Mikligardur, Mikligarður, Stamboul, Stambul, Stambula, Stambuł, Tsarigrad, Vizantija (Vizantija), Vyzantio, astnbwl, bijantium, byuzantion, byzntywn, iseutanbul, istambula, isutanburu, stin Poli [stimˈboli], yi si tan bu er, İstanbul, Βυζάντιο, Βυζαντιο, Ισταμπουλ, Ισταμπούλ, Κωνσταντινουπολη, Κωνσταντινούπολη, Κωνσταντινούπολις, στην Πόλι [stimˈboli], Византија (Vizantija), Истанбул, Стамбул, ביזנטיון, اسطنبول, इस्तांबुल, ইস্তাম্বুল, イスタンブール, ビュザンティオン, 伊斯坦布尔, 비잔티움, 이스탄불
Population
14,804,116
Currency
Lira (TRY)
Geographic Coordinates
41° 00' N Latitude / 28° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+90

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