UTC to IST

About UTC to IST

This page converts Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to India Standard Time (IST). Pick a date and time, and the answer appears at once. Below it, a table shows every hour of that day.

IST is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC all year. For example, 9:00 AM UTC is 2:30 PM IST.

UTC is the time in no city — it is the world's reference time, used by servers, pilots, scientists and the news. IST is the time in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata — all of India.

The converter uses your browser's own time zone data, so daylight saving is handled for you — always right for the date you pick, in the past or the future.

Features

• One big answer — "9:00 AM UTC → 2:30 PM IST" style, with "next day" or "previous day" when the date changes
• Any date and time — the right offset for that day, summer or winter
• Every hour of the day — a live table for the date you pick, your hour highlighted
• Swap — one tap turns it into IST to UTC
• Add more zones — compare London, Tokyo or any other city at the same time
• Now — starts from the current time in UTC

UTC to IST time table

The difference is the same all year, so this table is always right.

Common times

• 9:00 AM UTC is 2:30 PM IST
• 12:00 PM UTC is 5:30 PM IST
• 5:00 PM UTC is 10:30 PM IST
• 8:00 PM UTC is 1:30 AM IST (next day)

Reading UTC times in logs and apps

Servers, APIs and log files usually write times in UTC. A time like 2026-11-13T09:00:00Z ends with Z, which means UTC — so it is 2:30 PM in India. The same moment written with India's offset is 2026-11-13T14:30:00+05:30. To turn UTC into IST, add 5 hours 30 minutes; if the result passes midnight, it is the next day in India.

Daylight saving time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, UTC+0) has no daylight saving time. It stays the same all year.

India Standard Time (IST, UTC+5:30) has no daylight saving time. It stays the same all year.

Good to know

• UTC and GMT show the same clock time. UTC is the modern standard used by computers, aviation and science; it never changes for daylight saving.
• IST is half an hour off the usual whole-hour zones (UTC+5:30), so a full hour on one side is half past the hour on the other.
• Planning a meeting? Pick the date and time, then add the other cities of the people you meet with. Everyone's time shows in one list.
• The answer comes from your device's time zone data. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours between UTC and IST?

IST is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The difference does not change during the year.

What is 9:00 AM UTC in IST?

9:00 AM UTC is 2:30 PM IST. India does not change its clocks, so IST is always 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC.

Does daylight saving change UTC to IST?

No. Neither side uses daylight saving time.

Is UTC the same as GMT?

For the clock time, yes: both are UTC+0 and neither changes for daylight saving. UTC is the exact modern standard used by computers and aviation; GMT is the older name.

How do I convert UTC to IST?

Add 5 hours 30 minutes. For example, 6:30 PM UTC is 12:00 AM IST — midnight, the start of the next day in India.

Related tools

• Time Zone Converter — any time zone to many others at once
• World Clock — the time now in cities around the world
• EST to IST — Eastern Time to India Standard Time
• PST to IST — Pacific Time to India Standard Time
• UTC to EST — Coordinated Universal Time to Eastern Time
• UTC to PST — Coordinated Universal Time to Pacific Time

How to use it

• The time is set to now in UTC — change the date and time to the one you need
• Read the answer in the big box: the time in IST
• Look at the table for every hour of that day
• Press Swap to convert IST to UTC instead
• Add more time zones from the list to compare other cities