# EST to IST time converter

Converts a time in New York (US Eastern) to India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata), with the abbreviations and UTC offsets in force on the date and when the difference next changes.

- Page: https://www.acalculator.org/days/est-to-ist
- JSON spec: https://www.acalculator.org/days/est-to-ist.json
- Version: c8e6c8f01f85

## Default answer

Example with the default inputs (Time 09:00, From New York (US Eastern), To India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata), Date September 30, 2026) on the example date Wednesday, September 30, 2026: 9:00 AM on September 30, 2026 in New York (US Eastern) is 6:30 PM on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 in India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata).

## Inputs

| Key | Label | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| at | Time | The clock time in the From zone. |
| from | From | The time zone of that time (IANA name). |
| to | To | The time zone to convert to (IANA name). |
| on | Date | The date in the From zone. Today, unless you change it. |

## Outputs

| Key | Label | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| time | Time there | The clock time in the To zone at that moment. |
| date | Date there | The date in the To zone at that moment. |
| difference | The To zone is | How far the To zone’s clock is ahead of or behind the From zone’s clock at that moment. |
| fromZone | From zone | The From zone’s name, abbreviation, and UTC offset at that moment. |
| toZone | To zone | The To zone’s name, abbreviation, and UTC offset at that moment. |
| next | Difference changes next | The next difference and when it starts, in the From zone's local time, within 366 days. |

## Method

Find the instant (UTC) at which the From zone’s clocks show the date and time, then read the To zone’s clock at that instant; both offsets come from the browser’s IANA time zone data.

## Assumptions

- By default this page converts New York (US Eastern) to India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata): the IANA tzdata zones America/New_York and Asia/Kolkata; the browser supplies their offsets and daylight saving rules (checked against tzdata 2026a), so a rule change arrives with a browser update.
- A time that does not exist in the From zone (skipped when clocks spring forward) has no answer. A time that occurs twice (when clocks fall back) shows both results, earlier first, for every output that differs.
- The difference is the To zone’s UTC offset minus the From zone’s, as “3 hours ahead”, “9 hours 30 minutes behind”, or “the same time”.
- “Difference changes next” is the first moment after the typed time, within 366 days, at which the difference changes: the new difference, then that moment as the From zone’s local date and time (“2 hours ahead from Saturday, October 31, 2026, 11:00 PM”).
- Each zone shows its name and abbreviation from the browser’s Unicode CLDR English names (left out when CLDR has none), then its offset as UTC+hh:mm or UTC−hh:mm.
- Dates from 2000 to 2040 work.

## Worked examples

1. at = 09:00, from = America/New_York, to = Asia/Kolkata, on = 2026-07-01 gives time = 18:30, date = 2026-07-01, difference = 9 hours 30 minutes ahead, fromZone = Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC−04:00, toZone = India Standard Time (IST), UTC+05:30, next = 10 hours 30 minutes ahead from Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 AM. Source: IANA Time Zone Database, tzdata 2026a (https://www.iana.org/time-zones).
2. at = 09:00, from = America/New_York, to = Asia/Kolkata, on = 2026-12-01 gives time = 19:30, date = 2026-12-01, difference = 10 hours 30 minutes ahead, fromZone = Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC−05:00, toZone = India Standard Time (IST), UTC+05:30, next = 9 hours 30 minutes ahead from Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 AM. Source: IANA Time Zone Database, tzdata 2026a (https://www.iana.org/time-zones).

## FAQ

### Is EST to IST 10 hours 30 minutes?

When New York is on EST (from November to March), yes. When it is on EDT (from March to November), the difference is 9 hours 30 minutes.

### What does IST stand for?

Here, India Standard Time. IST also stands for Israel Standard Time (UTC+02:00) and Irish Standard Time (UTC+01:00, Ireland’s summer time); pick Jerusalem or Dublin in the converter for those.

### What is 9:00 AM Eastern time in India?

6:30 PM IST in the US summer and 7:30 PM IST in winter.

### When does the difference change?

Only when New York changes its clocks. In 2026, US clocks go forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and back on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2:00 AM local time in each zone.

### When does the time difference change next?

As of Wednesday, September 30, 2026, India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York; it is 10 hours 30 minutes ahead from Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 AM New York time.

## Sources

- 15 U.S.C. 260a, advancement of time (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a)
- IANA Time Zone Database, tzdata 2026a (https://www.iana.org/time-zones)