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United Arab Emirates
GST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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4:00 pm16:00 GST (UTC+4), Oct 11, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 11, 2026

Abu Dhabi is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

Abu Dhabi is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Abu Dhabi correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Abu Dhabi correspond to 10:30 to 18:30 in IST.

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

Time Difference

GST (Gulf Standard Time) is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Abu Dhabi to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in Abu Dhabi which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm10:30-17:00 in IST

4:00 pm16:00 GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

4:00 pm16:00 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIST
12:00am1:30am
1:00am2:30am
2:00am3:30am
3:00am4:30am
4:00am5:30am
5:00am6:30am
6:00am7:30am
7:00am8:30am
8:00am9:30am
9:00am10:30am
10:00am11:30am
11:00am12:30pm
12:00pm1:30pm
1:00pm2:30pm
2:00pm3:30pm
3:00pm4:30pm
4:00pm5:30pm
5:00pm6:30pm
6:00pm7:30pm
7:00pm8:30pm
8:00pm9:30pm
9:00pm10:30pm
10:00pm11:30pm
11:00pm12:30am
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Abu Dhabi Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GST - Gulf Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard Time, currently in use.

Abu Dhabi Facts

Country
United Arab Emirates
Alternative Names
A-pu-that-pi, AEbu Saby, AUH, Aboe Dhabi, Abou Dabi, Abu Dabi, Abu Dabis, Abu Daby, Abu Daibi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City, Abu Dhabi emiraat, Abu Zabi, Abu Zaby, Abu Zabye, Abu Zabyo, Abu Ḍabi, Abu Ḑabi, Abu-Dabi, Abu-Dabi khot, Abu-Dabio, Abu-Dzabi, Abú Dabí, Abú Daibí, Abú Zabí, Abû Daby, Abū Dabī, Abū Z̧aby, Abū Z̧abye, Abū Z̧abyo, Abū Z̧abī, Ampou Ntampi, Ebu Dabi, Ebu Dhabi, a bu zha bi, abu dhabi, abu-dabi, abudabi, abudhabi, abw zby, abwzby, aputapi, jzyrt abwzby wjzr dakhlyt akhry, xa bud abi, Â-pu-tha̍t-pí, Äbu Saby, Əbu-Dabi, Άμπου Ντάμπι, Αμπου Νταμπι, Αμπού Ντάμπι, Абу Даби, Абу-Даби, Абу-Даби хот, Абу-Дабі, Әбу-Даби, Աբու Դաբի, אבו דאבי, أبوظبي, ئەبووزەبی, ابو ظبى, ابوظبی, ابوظہبی, جزيرة أبوظبي وجزر داخلية اخرى, अबु धाबी, अबू धाबी, আবুধাবি, ਅਬੂ ਧਾਬੀ, ଆବୁଧାବି, அபுதாபி, ಅಬು ಧಾಬಿ, അബുദാബി, අබුඩාබි, อาบูดาบี, ཨ་པོའུ་དྷ་པེ།, အဘူဒါဘီမြို့, აბუ-დაბი, አቡ ዳቢ, アブダビ, 阿布扎比, 아부다비
Population
1,807,000
Currency
Dirham (AED)
Geographic Coordinates
24° 27' N Latitude / 54° 23' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+971

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