EST to IST Converter
India Standard Time is 10.5 hours ahead of Eastern Time in winter and 9.5 hours ahead in summer. Enter a time to convert, or see the current time in both zones.
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What is the time difference between EST and IST?
What is the time difference between EST and IST? India Standard Time is 10.5 hours ahead of Eastern Time in winter and 9.5 hours ahead in summer. India does not use daylight saving, so the gap changes only when US Eastern clocks change in March and November (EST/EDT).
Standard and daylight time in Eastern Time and India Standard Time
Strictly, EST and IST are the winter (standard) names. In summer the zones use daylight time names such as EDT and IDT. People often say "EST" all year, so this page converts using the real rules for each date: America/New_York and Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
Frequently asked questions
Does daylight saving change the EST to IST difference?
India does not use daylight saving, so the gap changes only when US Eastern clocks change in March and November (EST/EDT).
Which time zone database is used?
Your browser's built-in copy of the IANA time zone database, which is updated with browser releases.
More time zones
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- CST to PSTCentral Time to Pacific Time, with DST handled.