The short answer
Bengaluru is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Bengaluru☾
2:15:17am
IST · UTC+05:30 · Mon, Oct 26
Greenwich Mean Time☾
8:45:17pm
GMT · UTC+00:00 · Sun, Oct 25
Read across to convert
Bengaluru
IST · UTC+05:30
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT · UTC+00:00
Click any row to pin that hour across both zones.
12amMon
6:30pmSun ·−1d
1am
7:30pmSun ·−1d
NOW
2am
8:30pmSun ·−1d
3am
9:30pmSun ·−1d
4am
10:30pmSun ·−1d
5am
11:30pmSun ·−1d
6am
12:30amMon
7am
1:30am
8am
2:30am
9am
WORK3:30am
10am
WORK4:30am
11am
WORK5:30am
12pm
WORK6:30am
1pm
WORK7:30am
2pm
WORK8:30am
3pm
WORK9:30am
WORK4pm
WORK10:30am
WORK5pm
11:30am
WORK6pm
12:30pm
WORK7pm
1:30pm
WORK8pm
2:30pm
WORK9pm
3:30pm
WORK10pm
4:30pm
WORK11pm
5:30pm
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Best time to meet=
Best for a call
Bengaluru
3pm–5pm
Greenwich Mean Time
9:30am–11:30am
Popular conversions
Quick reference.
9amBengaluru=3:30amGreenwich Mean Time
12pmBengaluru=6:30amGreenwich Mean Time
3pmBengaluru=9:30amGreenwich Mean Time
5pmBengaluru=11:30amGreenwich Mean Time
9pmBengaluru=3:30pmGreenwich Mean Time
In context
What each side covers.
Greenwich Mean Time
8:45pmGMT · UTC+00:00
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8:45pm
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2:15am
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Pacific Daylight Time
1:45pm
Eastern Daylight Time
4:45pm
Pacific to Eastern Time3 hours behind
Central European Time
9:45pm
India Standard Time
2:15am
Central Europe to India4 hours 30 minutes behind
Frequently asked
Quick answers about converting between Bengaluru and Greenwich Mean Time. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- What is the time difference between Bengaluru and Greenwich Mean Time?
- Bengaluru is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time right now. We always show the live, daylight-saving-correct difference, so this figure already accounts for whichever side is observing summer time today.
- When it's 9am in Bengaluru, what time is it in Greenwich Mean Time?
- 9am in Bengaluru is 3:30am in Greenwich Mean Time. Use the hour-by-hour table above to read any other time across — find the row and read the matching cell in the other column.
- What's the best time for a call between Bengaluru and Greenwich Mean Time?
- 3pm–5pm in Bengaluru lines up with 9:30am–11:30am in Greenwich Mean Time — both sides are inside a 9-to-5 working day.
- Does this account for daylight saving time?
- Yes. We track every clock change in both places, so the abbreviations you see — IST and GMT — are the ones actually in effect right now, not a fixed all-year value. When either side changes its clocks, this page updates automatically.
- Why is the date sometimes different on each side?
- When two places are far enough apart, the same moment can fall on different calendar days. That is why some conversions are marked "previous day" or "next day" — it is the same instant in time, read off two clocks that crossed midnight at different points.