CT to IST Converter
Compare CT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in CT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
CT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in CT which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm in IST
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:00 am06:00 CT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| CT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:30 am |
| 1am | 12:30 pm |
| 2am | 1:30 pm |
| 3am | 2:30 pm |
| 4am | 3:30 pm |
| 5am | 4:30 pm |
| 6am | 5:30 pm |
| 7am | 6:30 pm |
| 8am | 7:30 pm |
| 9am | 8:30 pm |
| 10am | 9:30 pm |
| 11am | 10:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:30 pm |
| 1pm | 12:30 am |
| 2pm | 1:30 am |
| 3pm | 2:30 am |
| 4pm | 3:30 am |
| 5pm | 4:30 am |
| 6pm | 5:30 am |
| 7pm | 6:30 am |
| 8pm | 7:30 am |
| 9pm | 8:30 am |
| 10pm | 9:30 am |
| 11pm | 10:30 am |
| 00:00 | 11:30 |
| 01:00 | 12:30 |
| 02:00 | 13:30 |
| 03:00 | 14:30 |
| 04:00 | 15:30 |
| 05:00 | 16:30 |
| 06:00 | 17:30 |
| 07:00 | 18:30 |
| 08:00 | 19:30 |
| 09:00 | 20:30 |
| 10:00 | 21:30 |
| 11:00 | 22:30 |
| 12:00 | 23:30 |
| 13:00 | 00:30 |
| 14:00 | 01:30 |
| 15:00 | 02:30 |
| 16:00 | 03:30 |
| 17:00 | 04:30 |
| 18:00 | 05:30 |
| 19:00 | 06:30 |
| 20:00 | 07:30 |
| 21:00 | 08:30 |
| 22:00 | 09:30 |
| 23:00 | 10:30 |
Central Time
Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
CT 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 an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra 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 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 an offset of five hours and thirty minutes 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