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CDT to IST Converter

CST/CDT
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CDT is not used on this date
This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare CDT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

CST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in CST which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm in IST

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

CSTIST
12am (midnight)11:30 am
1am12:30 pm
2am1:30 pm
3am2:30 pm
4am3:30 pm
5am4:30 pm
6am5:30 pm
7am6:30 pm
8am7:30 pm
9am8:30 pm
10am9:30 pm
11am10:30 pm
12pm (noon)11:30 pm
1pm12:30 am
2pm1:30 am
3pm2:30 am
4pm3:30 am
5pm4:30 am
6pm5:30 am
7pm6:30 am
8pm7:30 am
9pm8:30 am
10pm9:30 am
11pm10:30 am
00:0011:30
01:0012:30
02:0013:30
03:0014:30
04:0015:30
05:0016:30
06:0017:30
07:0018:30
08:0019:30
09:0020:30
10:0021:30
11:0022:30
12:0023:30
13:0000:30
14:0001:30
15:0002:30
16:0003:30
17:0004:30
18:0005:30
19:0006:30
20:0007:30
21:0008:30
22:0009:30
23:0010:30

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio, Dallas.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
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