UTC to IST to AEST

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 10 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time
12:30 am00:30 in UTC is 6:00 am06:00 in IST and is 10:30 am10:30 in AEST

UTC to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12:30pm in UTC which corresponds to 1:30pm-6pm in IST
UTC to AEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in UTC which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in AEST

12:30 am00:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
10:30 am10:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours

12:30 am00:30 UTC / 6:00 am06:00 IST / 10:30 am10:30 AEST

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

IST representations, usage and related time zones

Australian Eastern Standard Time

Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST timezone is Sydney from Australia with population about 4.627 million people. Other major cities in the area are Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Canberra

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

Start: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.

End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ends on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of October.

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra

Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.

AEST representations, usage and related time zones