Updating current time…
CDT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
UTC+5:30
9h 30m ahead
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 27, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 27, 2026

CDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

CDT and IST examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-4) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT Caribbean is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST Caribbean is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT Caribbean correspond to 6:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST Caribbean correspond to 7:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT Caribbean correspond to 18:30 to 03:30 (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST Caribbean correspond to 19:30 to 04:30 (next day) in IST.

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

Cuba Daylight Time is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in CDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

CDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in CDT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in IST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 CDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Choose an hour to update the converter. Day labels such as “next day” or “+1” are relative to the selected date in the first column. Use Up and Down arrow keys, Home or End to move between hours, then Enter or Space to select.

Hourly time comparison
CDTIST
9:30am
10:30am
11:30am
12:30pm
1:30pm
2:30pm
3:30pm
4:30pm
5:30pm
6:30pm
7:30pm
8:30pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
11:30pm
12:30am next day
1:30am next day
2:30am next day
3:30am next day
4:30am next day
5:30am next day
6:30am next day
7:30am next day
8:30am next day
09:30
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:30
14:30
15:30
16:30
17:30
18:30
19:30
20:30
21:30
22:30
23:30
00:30 next day
01:30 next day
02:30 next day
03:30 next day
04:30 next day
05:30 next day
06:30 next day
07:30 next day
08:30 next day

Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo.

Map of the areas on Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

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

123456789101112Start: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See Cuba daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
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 -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Current time in India: India time now

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