India to Dubai Time Converter
Dubai is 1 hour 30 minutes behind India, all year. 9:00 AM in India is 7:30 AM in Dubai, and 6:00 PM in India is 4:30 PM in Dubai.
Where Two 9-to-5 Days Meet
If both offices run 9 AM to 5 PM, the shared window is 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM in India, which is 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM in Dubai, 6 hours 30 minutes in all. India's 5 PM close ends it, and Dubai still has 1 hour 30 minutes of its day left when India logs off.
| India | Dubai (IST → GST) |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 6:30 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 7:30 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 8:30 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 9:30 AM ✓ |
| 12:00 PM | 10:30 AM ✓ |
| 1:00 PM | 11:30 AM ✓ |
| 2:00 PM | 12:30 PM ✓ |
| 3:00 PM | 1:30 PM ✓ |
| 4:00 PM | 2:30 PM ✓ |
| 5:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
Each row is an hour of the India day. A check mark means both cities are inside a 9 AM to 5 PM working day at that moment.
- IST → GST: 6 hours 30 minutes shared, 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM India time.
Anywhere inside the window, neither side starts early or stays late. 11:00 AM IST is 9:30 AM in Dubai and 2:00 PM IST is 12:30 PM.
India Hours in Dubai Time
Full 24-hour reference table. Use the live clocks above for the exact current offset.
| 🇮🇳 IST | 🇦🇪 IST → GSTUTC+5:30 to UTC+4, all year |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 10:30 PMprev day |
| 01:00 | 11:30 PMprev day |
| 02:00 | 12:30 AM |
| 03:00 | 1:30 AM |
| 04:00 | 2:30 AM |
| 05:00 | 3:30 AM |
| 06:00 | 4:30 AM |
| 07:00 | 5:30 AM |
| 08:00 | 6:30 AM |
| 09:00 | 7:30 AM |
| 10:00 | 8:30 AM |
| 11:00 | 9:30 AM |
| 12:00 | 10:30 AM |
| 13:00 | 11:30 AM |
| 14:00 | 12:30 PM |
| 15:00 | 1:30 PM |
| 16:00 | 2:30 PM |
| 17:00 | 3:30 PM |
| 18:00 | 4:30 PM |
| 19:00 | 5:30 PM |
| 20:00 | 6:30 PM |
| 21:00 | 7:30 PM |
| 22:00 | 8:30 PM |
| 23:00 | 9:30 PM |
"prev day" = converted time falls on the previous calendar day.
Ninety Minutes, Not an Hour or Two
India is UTC+5:30 and Dubai is UTC+4, and neither changes its clocks, so the gap is the same on January 1st and July 1st. Going from India to Dubai, take off 1 hour 30 minutes; going the other way, add it: 9:00 AM in Dubai is 10:30 AM in India.
The half hour is what catches people converting by hand. Every :00 time in India becomes :30 in Dubai (10:00 AM IST is 8:30 AM) and every :30 becomes :00. If a Dubai invite shows 8:30 AM when you expected 9:00 AM, that is the half-hour offset, not a daylight saving change, because neither place has one.
Fridays in Dubai
The UAE federal government moved to a Monday to Friday week on January 1, 2022, with Friday ending at noon and the weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Friday noon in Dubai is 1:30 PM in India, so on a Friday the shared window is 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM India time, which is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Dubai.
Ask the Dubai side which hours they keep before you fix a Friday slot.
A Half-Hour Offset in a Calendar Invite
If you send an invite for 4:30 PM India time, Dubai sees 3:00 PM. A 4:00 PM invite shows as 2:30 PM. Coming back from Dubai, 3:00 PM is 4:30 PM in India. Every :00 time in India becomes :30 in Dubai and every :30 becomes :00, which is why a quick "minus one hour" in your head leaves the answer half an hour wrong.