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India time to Paris time

Convert Indian Standard Time (IST) to the time in Paris (Central European Time, CET or CEST), with the hours that suit a call.

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The time difference

Paris is 4 hours 30 minutes behind India for part of the year and 3 hours 30 minutes behind for the rest, because Paris changes its clocks and India does not. India is always UTC+5:30, known as IST.

Which difference applies when

India time to Paris time when Paris is UTC+1

Good hours to start a call (8 am to 9 pm in both places): from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm India time. Hours that start inside office time (9 am to 6 pm) in both: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm India time.

India (IST)Paris
12:00 am7:30 pm previous day
1:00 am8:30 pm previous day
2:00 am9:30 pm previous day
3:00 am10:30 pm previous day
4:00 am11:30 pm previous day
5:00 am12:30 am
6:00 am1:30 am
7:00 am2:30 am
8:00 am3:30 am
9:00 am4:30 am
10:00 am5:30 am
11:00 am6:30 am
12:00 pm7:30 am
1:00 pm8:30 am
2:00 pm9:30 am
3:00 pm10:30 am
4:00 pm11:30 am
5:00 pm12:30 pm
6:00 pm1:30 pm
7:00 pm2:30 pm
8:00 pm3:30 pm
9:00 pm4:30 pm
10:00 pm5:30 pm
11:00 pm6:30 pm

India time to Paris time when Paris is UTC+2

Good hours to start a call (8 am to 9 pm in both places): from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm India time. Hours that start inside office time (9 am to 6 pm) in both: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm India time.

India (IST)Paris
12:00 am8:30 pm previous day
1:00 am9:30 pm previous day
2:00 am10:30 pm previous day
3:00 am11:30 pm previous day
4:00 am12:30 am
5:00 am1:30 am
6:00 am2:30 am
7:00 am3:30 am
8:00 am4:30 am
9:00 am5:30 am
10:00 am6:30 am
11:00 am7:30 am
12:00 pm8:30 am
1:00 pm9:30 am
2:00 pm10:30 am
3:00 pm11:30 am
4:00 pm12:30 pm
5:00 pm1:30 pm
6:00 pm2:30 pm
7:00 pm3:30 pm
8:00 pm4:30 pm
9:00 pm5:30 pm
10:00 pm6:30 pm
11:00 pm7:30 pm

Worked examples

While Paris is UTC+1. An office that closes at 6:00 pm in India closes when it is 1:30 pm in Paris. A 9:00 am start in Paris is 1:30 pm in India, and its 6:00 pm finish is 10:30 pm in India. A message sent at 10:30 pm from India lands at 6:00 pm in Paris.

While Paris is UTC+2. An office that closes at 6:00 pm in India closes when it is 2:30 pm in Paris. A 9:00 am start in Paris is 12:30 pm in India, and its 6:00 pm finish is 9:30 pm in India. A message sent at 10:30 pm from India lands at 7:00 pm in Paris.

When the date is different

Paris is behind India (while Paris is UTC+1), so for 4 hours 30 minutes of every day the calendar date differs: from midnight until 4:30 am India time, it is still the previous day in Paris. Mention the date as well as the time when you fix something in those hours.

Paris is behind India (while Paris is UTC+2), so for 3 hours 30 minutes of every day the calendar date differs: from midnight until 3:30 am India time, it is still the previous day in Paris. Mention the date as well as the time when you fix something in those hours.

Why the gap is what it is

Indian Standard Time follows the sun at longitude 82.5° east. The zone that Paris belongs to has its largest city, Paris, at about 2.4° east. The sun crosses the sky between those two lines in about 5 hours 21 minutes. Clock time rounds that to a tidy figure: 4 hours 30 minutes or 3 hours 30 minutes. The two figures differ because every country picks a round offset that suits its whole territory, and some add summer time on top.

Rows marked in colour fall between 8 am and 9 pm in both places. Dates are from the IANA time zone database 2026f.

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