India Standard Time to Philippine Time Conversion (IST To PHT)

You’re building a team across India and the Philippines.

Or maybe you’re managing vendors in both countries.

Either way, you need to figure out when everyone’s actually awake.

Here’s the good news: India Standard Time (IST) to Philippine Time (PHT) conversion is dead simple.

The Philippines is always 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India. Always.

No daylight saving time nonsense to track. No “wait, did they spring forward?” confusion.

When it’s 9:00 AM in Mumbai, it’s 11:30 AM in Manila. When it’s 6:00 PM in Bangalore, it’s 8:30 PM in Makati.

That’s it. That’s the math.

The hard part is designing schedules that don’t burn everyone out.

Complete IST to PHT conversion table

Here’s every hour of the day converted from India Standard Time to Philippine Time:

Bookmark this. Screenshot it. Whatever you need to do.

Because you’ll reference it constantly when you’re trying to schedule that standup that works for both your Indian dev team and your Filipino support crew.

Does daylight saving time affect IST to PHT conversion?

Short answer: No.

Here’s the longer version.

Neither India nor the Philippines observes daylight saving time. Ever.

This means the 2 hours and 30 minutes difference stays constant year-round. January, July, doesn’t matter. Always 2.5 hours.

There is no daylight saving time table for IST to PHT because neither country changes their clocks.

This is actually one of the biggest advantages of working with teams in these countries. You don’t need separate conversion tables for “summer time” versus “winter time.” 

You don’t need to remember when clocks change. You don’t need to send calendar updates twice a year.

The table above works 365 days a year.

The overlap window between India and the Philippines

A typical Indian workday runs 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM IST.

That same period translates to 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM in the Philippines.

Think about what that means.

If your Filipino worker starts at 9:00 AM PHT and works until 6:00 PM PHT, they overlap with your Indian team from 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM PHT. That’s over 6 hours of shared working time.

India and the Philippines can practically work the same day.

This is why you see companies building “follow-the-sun” support operations across these two countries. 

Indian team handles morning and afternoon. The Filipino team picks up late afternoon and evening. 

The real challenge isn’t conversion, it’s culture

Here’s what most timezone conversion articles miss.

The hard part isn’t calculating that 6:00 PM IST equals 8:30 PM PHT.

The hard part is building a company culture where people respect each other’s time zones enough to not expect instant responses at all hours.

Where managers don’t schedule routine late-night meetings for the same geography every week.

Where teammates understand that the person in India or the Philippines has a life outside work, same as they do.

I see US and European employers who intellectually understand time zones but functionally treat their Asian team members like they should be available 24/7. 

Send a Slack message at 1 AM Manila time and get frustrated when there’s no response by morning.

Or worse, companies that hire Filipino workers specifically because they’re willing to work US night shifts, then act surprised when those workers burn out after six months.

The Philippines being 2.5 hours ahead of India is a logistical fact.

How you use that information reflects your values as an employer.