Time in Pacific Standard Time and India Standard Time (2024)

FAQs

What is the time difference between India and Pacific Standard Time? ›

What is the difference between PST and IST time zones? The Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 12.5 hours behind of India Standard Time (IST).

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

India is on India Standard Time ‎(UTC+5:30) and California is on Pacific Standard Time ‎(UTC-8), so 8 plus 5 and a half is 13 and a half hours.

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.

California is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.

PST Timing

It is an abbreviation for Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Time. It is behind UTC by eight hours whereas it is behind by 7 hours when observing daylight saving time.

The term Pacific Time (PT) is often used to denote the local time in areas observing either Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) or Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Why is India 30 minutes off? ›

So why are some cities 30 or 45 minutes off? That has largely to do with the politics in each of those places. For example, in New Delhi, India, they found themselves halfway between two meridians, and therefore decided to be 30 minutes between each, as opposed to adopting one time or the other.

This is popularly known as the Indian standard time (IST). The other country which shares the time with India is its Southern Neighbor Sri Lanka. They also follows the same UTC +5:30 timezone. This known as SLST (Sri Lanka Standard Time) in Sri Lanka.

See Pacific Time. When the time is 03:00AM on Friday, May 17 in Pacific Standard Time, it is 04:30PM on Friday, May 17, 2024 in India Standard Time.

No country is 24 hours ahead of India because time zones are typically divided by hours. However, countries in the Line Islands region of Kiribati, such as Kiritimati, come closest to being 24 hours ahead of India.

Pacific Standard Time is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST). To convert PST to EST, you have to add three hours. Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time (CST).

The country that is 9 hours ahead of California is India. California follows Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) depending on the time of year, while India follows Indian Standard Time (IST).