AEST to IST

The difference month by month, the two long stretches it takes across the year, and what that means for a call between Sydney and Mumbai.

How far apart are AEST and IST?

IST is 5 hours, 30 minutes behind AEST for most of the year.

When it is 9:00 AM in Sydney, it is 3:30 AM in Mumbai.

Right now

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How does the difference change month by month?

Any answer that quotes one number for this pair is wrong for part of the year. Here is the difference in force in each month of 2026, with the exact day it changes.

Show the month-by-month table

Difference between AEST and IST by month, 2026
Month	Difference	Changes on	New difference
January	−5:30	No change
February	−5:30	No change
March	−5:30	No change
April	−5:30	April 5, 2026	−4:30
May	−4:30	No change
June	−4:30	No change
July	−4:30	No change
August	−4:30	No change
September	−4:30	No change
October	−4:30	October 4, 2026	−5:30
November	−5:30	No change
December	−5:30	No change

Dates here are calendar dates in AEST time. Where a clock change happens overnight, the calendar in the other zone can already have turned over.

When does the usual difference not hold?

It holds for one long stretch at a time. Only one of these two zones moves its clocks, so the difference takes two values across the year rather than breaking for a few weeks. These are the exact stretches.

Show every dated difference period

Every period of constant difference, 2026 to 2027
From	Until	Difference	Days
Thu, January 1, 2026	Sat, April 4, 2026	−5:30	94
Sun, April 5, 2026	Sat, October 3, 2026	−4:30	182
Sun, October 4, 2026	Sat, April 3, 2027	−5:30	182
Sun, April 4, 2027	Sat, October 2, 2027	−4:30	182
Sun, October 3, 2027	Fri, December 31, 2027	−5:30	90

Every offset on this page comes from IANA tzdata 2026c, released July 8, 2026. The pinned table covers 2024–2032. How these times are derived