IST to CST Converter
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Central Daylight Time
11:00 am11:00 in IST is 12:30 am00:30 in CDT
IST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-8:30pm in IST which corresponds to 7am-9am in CST
11:00 am11:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:30 am00:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 IST / 12:30 am00:30 CDT
IST | CDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 1:30 pm |
1am | 2:30 pm |
2am | 3:30 pm |
3am | 4:30 pm |
4am | 5:30 pm |
5am | 6:30 pm |
6am | 7:30 pm |
7am | 8:30 pm |
8am | 9:30 pm |
9am | 10:30 pm |
10am | 11:30 pm |
11am | 12:30 am |
12pm (noon) | 1:30 am |
1pm | 2:30 am |
2pm | 3:30 am |
3pm | 4:30 am |
4pm | 5:30 am |
5pm | 6:30 am |
6pm | 7:30 am |
7pm | 8:30 am |
8pm | 9:30 am |
9pm | 10:30 am |
10pm | 11:30 am |
11pm | 12:30 pm |
0:00 | 13:30 |
1:00 | 14:30 |
2:00 | 15:30 |
3:00 | 16:30 |
4:00 | 17:30 |
5:00 | 18:30 |
6:00 | 19:30 |
7:00 | 20:30 |
8:00 | 21:30 |
9:00 | 22:30 |
10:00 | 23:30 |
11:00 | 0:30 |
12:00 | 1:30 |
13:00 | 2:30 |
14:00 | 3:30 |
15:00 | 4:30 |
16:00 | 5:30 |
17:00 | 6:30 |
18:00 | 7:30 |
19:00 | 8:30 |
20:00 | 9:30 |
21:00 | 10:30 |
22:00 | 11:30 |
23:00 | 12:30 |
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same
![IST Time Zone Geo Map](/images/timezone/ist.png)
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
![CST Time Zone Geo Map](/images/timezone/cst.png)
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone