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GMT to IST Time Zone Converter

IST is currently 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT.

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time, UTC+00:00 standard)→IST (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30 standard)

Convert a fixed abbreviation time

09:00 GMT
02:30 PM IST
Fri, Sep 25, 2026

GMT to IST — Full 24-Hour Conversion Table

The table below shows what time it is in India Standard Time for every hour of the day in Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time, using the fixed UTC offsets named by these abbreviations. A city may use a different abbreviation during daylight saving time.

Time in GMT (UTC+00:00)Time in IST (UTC+05:30)
00:0005:30
01:0006:30
02:0007:30
03:0008:30
04:0009:30
05:0010:30
06:0011:30
07:0012:30
08:0013:30
09:0014:30overlap
10:0015:30overlap
11:0016:30overlap
12:0017:30
13:0018:30
14:0019:30
15:0020:30
16:0021:30
17:0022:30
18:0023:30
19:0000:30
20:0001:30
21:0002:30
22:0003:30
23:0004:30

Green rows indicate hours where both zones fall within 09:00–17:00 business hours. Abbreviations use their fixed UTC offsets. For a city that observes daylight saving, use the date-aware meeting planner.

Best Meeting Times: GMT and IST

The best meeting window is 09:00 AM–11:30 AM (London) / 02:30 PM–05:00 PM (Kolkata), giving 2 hours 30 min of shared business hours.

GMT window
09:00 AM – 11:30 AM
IST window
02:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Shared business-hours overlap: 2 hours 30 min. Use our Meeting Planner to find specific slots and share with your team.

Working Across GMT and IST

UK ↔ India

Daylight Saving Time: GMT and IST

GMT — Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time
Observes DST
Standard: UTC+00:00
DST (BST): UTC+01:00
2026: clocks forward 2026-03-29 · back 2026-10-25

The UK observes BST (British Summer Time, UTC+1) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Outside those dates the zone is GMT (UTC+0).

IST — India Standard Time
No DST — fixed offset
Year-round: UTC+05:30

India does not observe Daylight Saving Time. IST (UTC+5:30) is fixed year-round. India's unusual 30-minute offset was standardized in 1906 and applies to the entire country despite spanning nearly 30 degrees of longitude.

DST effect on this pair: GMT observes DST; IST does not. During GMT's DST period (2026-03-29 – 2026-10-25), the gap between the two zones narrows by 1 hour.

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