IST to AEDT Converter
India's half-hour offset produces a 5.5-hour gap with eastern Australia during AEDT season and 4.5 hours during AEST—a shift that can land meetings on either side of the lunch break in both cities. The India–Australia technology outsourcing corridor, deepened by the Australia–India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, makes this a high-frequency pairing for BPO operations, software delivery teams, and mining services firms with engineers in both countries.
Time Zone Converter
Compare Times
| IST | AEDT |
|---|
Morning
| IST | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM IST | 5:30 AM AEDT |
| 1:00 AM IST | 6:30 AM AEDT |
| 2:00 AM IST | 7:30 AM AEDT |
| 3:00 AM IST | 8:30 AM AEDT |
| 4:00 AM IST | 9:30 AM AEDT |
| 5:00 AM IST | 10:30 AM AEDT |
| 6:00 AM IST | 11:30 AM AEDT |
| 7:00 AM IST | 12:30 PM AEDT |
| 8:00 AM IST | 1:30 PM AEDT |
| 9:00 AM IST | 2:30 PM AEDT |
| 10:00 AM IST | 3:30 PM AEDT |
| 11:00 AM IST | 4:30 PM AEDT |
Afternoon
| IST | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM IST | 5:30 PM AEDT |
| 1:00 PM IST | 6:30 PM AEDT |
| 2:00 PM IST | 7:30 PM AEDT |
| 3:00 PM IST | 8:30 PM AEDT |
| 4:00 PM IST | 9:30 PM AEDT |
Evening
| IST | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 5:00 PM IST | 10:30 PM AEDT |
| 6:00 PM IST | 11:30 PM AEDT |
| 7:00 PM IST | 12:30 AM AEDT |
| 8:00 PM IST | 1:30 AM AEDT |
| 9:00 PM IST | 2:30 AM AEDT |
| 10:00 PM IST | 3:30 AM AEDT |
| 11:00 PM IST | 4:30 AM AEDT |
Common Time Conversions
EST · New York →
CST · Chicago →
MST · Denver →
PST · Los Angeles →
AKST · Anchorage →
HST · Honolulu →
UTC · Universal →
GMT · London →
IST · New Delhi →
CET · Paris →
How Time Zone Conversion Works
Time zone conversion works by comparing the UTC offset of one location to another. Every city or region is measured relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which acts as the global reference point for civil time.
AEDT is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of IST (standard time).
Daylight Saving Time: AEDT observes DST; IST does not. The offset between them shifts by 1 hour twice a year — in spring and autumn — when AEDT changes its clocks.
Best Meeting Times: IST & AEDT
IST
09:00–11:30
India Time
AEDT
14:30–17:00
Eastern Australia Daylight Time
Recommended time: 10:30 IST / 16:00 AEDT
DST schedule for 2026
Current-year daylight saving start and end dates for the selected zones.
IST · India Time
Standard offset +05:30
India Time remains on a constant standard offset for the year.
India does not observe daylight saving time. The IST offset of UTC+5:30 is constant year-round. Note: 'IST' is sometimes ambiguous — it can also refer to Irish Standard Time (Ireland's summer time). On TimeAtlas, IST refers exclusively to India Standard Time.
AEDT · Eastern Australia Daylight Time
Standard offset +11:00
- Starts
- Oct 4, 2026 · 02:00 → 03:00
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- Ends
- Apr 5, 2026 · 03:00 → 02:00
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- Daylight time
- AEDT · +11:00
AEDT is the daylight-saving designation used in southeastern Australia; Queensland remains on AEST (UTC+10) year-round and is not represented by this code. Two Australian territories have unusual DST offsets: Lord Howe Island (NSW) uses UTC+10:30 in winter and UTC+11 in summer — the only jurisdiction in the world with a 30-minute DST shift; Norfolk Island uses UTC+11 in winter and UTC+12 in summer, following the same transition dates as eastern states.
Principal Cities
IST — India Time
- MumbaiIndia
- DelhiIndia
- BangaloreIndia
- HyderabadIndia
AEDT — Eastern Australia Daylight Time
- SydneyAustralia
- MelbourneAustralia
- CanberraAustralia
- HobartAustralia
Flight Information
Route
BOM ↔ SYD
Avg. flight time
15h
Direct flights
Not available
~15h with stopover.