IST and Eastern Time Comparison

India Standard Time (IST)
6:33:43 PM
Mon, 19 Oct 2026
Asia/Kolkata (UTC+5:30)
Live
US Eastern Time (EDT)
9:03:43 AM
Mon, 19 Oct 2026
America/New_York (UTC-4)
LiveDST

IST is 9.5 hours ahead of Eastern Time right now

The gap is 9 hours 30 minutes while the US is on daylight saving time (EDT, March to November) and 10 hours 30 minutes in winter (EST). India does not use daylight saving time.

India (IST)New York (ET)Chicago (CT)Los Angeles (PT)
12:00 AMSun 2:30 PMSun 1:30 PMSun 11:30 AM
1:00 AMSun 3:30 PMSun 2:30 PMSun 12:30 PM
2:00 AMSun 4:30 PMSun 3:30 PMSun 1:30 PM
3:00 AMSun 5:30 PMSun 4:30 PMSun 2:30 PM
4:00 AMSun 6:30 PMSun 5:30 PMSun 3:30 PM
5:00 AMSun 7:30 PMSun 6:30 PMSun 4:30 PM
6:00 AMSun 8:30 PMSun 7:30 PMSun 5:30 PM
7:00 AMSun 9:30 PMSun 8:30 PMSun 6:30 PM
8:00 AMSun 10:30 PMSun 9:30 PMSun 7:30 PM
9:00 AMSun 11:30 PMSun 10:30 PMSun 8:30 PM
10:00 AMMon 12:30 AMSun 11:30 PMSun 9:30 PM
11:00 AMMon 1:30 AMMon 12:30 AMSun 10:30 PM
12:00 PMMon 2:30 AMMon 1:30 AMSun 11:30 PM
1:00 PMMon 3:30 AMMon 2:30 AMMon 12:30 AM
2:00 PMMon 4:30 AMMon 3:30 AMMon 1:30 AM
3:00 PMMon 5:30 AMMon 4:30 AMMon 2:30 AM
4:00 PMMon 6:30 AMMon 5:30 AMMon 3:30 AM
5:00 PMMon 7:30 AMMon 6:30 AMMon 4:30 AM
6:00 PMMon 8:30 AMMon 7:30 AMMon 5:30 AM
7:00 PMMon 9:30 AMMon 8:30 AMMon 6:30 AM
8:00 PMMon 10:30 AMMon 9:30 AMMon 7:30 AM
9:00 PMMon 11:30 AMMon 10:30 AMMon 8:30 AM
10:00 PMMon 12:30 PMMon 11:30 AMMon 9:30 AM
11:00 PMMon 1:30 PMMon 12:30 PMMon 10:30 AM

Rows outside 9 AM to 6 PM IST are dimmed. Best overlap for India and the US East Coast is usually 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM IST (9 AM to 12 PM ET).

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