CT to PST to IST
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time and 10 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
12:30 pm12:30 in CDT is 10:30 am10:30 in PDT and is 11:00 pm23:00 in IST
CT to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm in CT which corresponds to 8am-4pm in PST
CT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-9am in CT which corresponds to 6:30pm-8:30pm in IST
12:30 pm12:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:30 am10:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:30 pm12:30 CDT / 10:30 am10:30 PDT / 11:00 pm23:00 IST
| CT | PDT | IST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10pm | 10:30 am |
| 1am | 11pm | 11:30 am |
| 2am | 12am (midnight) | 12:30 pm |
| 3am | 1am | 1:30 pm |
| 4am | 2am | 2:30 pm |
| 5am | 3am | 3:30 pm |
| 6am | 4am | 4:30 pm |
| 7am | 5am | 5:30 pm |
| 8am | 6am | 6:30 pm |
| 9am | 7am | 7:30 pm |
| 10am | 8am | 8:30 pm |
| 11am | 9am | 9:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 10am | 10:30 pm |
| 1pm | 11am | 11:30 pm |
| 2pm | 12pm (noon) | 12:30 am |
| 3pm | 1pm | 1:30 am |
| 4pm | 2pm | 2:30 am |
| 5pm | 3pm | 3:30 am |
| 6pm | 4pm | 4:30 am |
| 7pm | 5pm | 5:30 am |
| 8pm | 6pm | 6:30 am |
| 9pm | 7pm | 7:30 am |
| 10pm | 8pm | 8:30 am |
| 11pm | 9pm | 9:30 am |
| 0:00 | 22:00 | 10:30 |
| 1:00 | 23:00 | 11:30 |
| 2:00 | 0:00 | 12:30 |
| 3:00 | 1:00 | 13:30 |
| 4:00 | 2:00 | 14:30 |
| 5:00 | 3:00 | 15:30 |
| 6:00 | 4:00 | 16:30 |
| 7:00 | 5:00 | 17:30 |
| 8:00 | 6:00 | 18:30 |
| 9:00 | 7:00 | 19:30 |
| 10:00 | 8:00 | 20:30 |
| 11:00 | 9:00 | 21:30 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 | 22:30 |
| 13:00 | 11:00 | 23:30 |
| 14:00 | 12:00 | 0:30 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 | 1:30 |
| 16:00 | 14:00 | 2:30 |
| 17:00 | 15:00 | 3:30 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 | 4:30 |
| 19:00 | 17:00 | 5:30 |
| 20:00 | 18:00 | 6:30 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 | 7:30 |
| 22:00 | 20:00 | 8:30 |
| 23:00 | 21:00 | 9:30 |
Central Time
Central Time (PT) 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: 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
Central Time (PT) 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: 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
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 six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- Central Time - UTC -6
- Chuuk Time - UTC +10
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
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 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- Peru Standard Time - UTC -5
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
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 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