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8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 25, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 25, 2026

Sishui is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.

How the time difference changes

Sishui is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Sishui correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Sishui correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in IST.

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

Time Difference

CST (China Standard Time) is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in Sishui, China is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Sishui to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in Sishui which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in IST

8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Sishui, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Sishui, China / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Sishui Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CST – China Standard Time, UTC+8 (no daylight saving time)

Sishui Facts

Country
China
Alternative Names
Sishui, Ssu-shui, Ssu-shui-hsien, Szeshuihsien
Population
90,175
Currency
Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Geographic Coordinates
35° 38' N Latitude / 117° 16' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+86

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