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11:00 am11:00 CVT (UTC-1), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 14, 2026

CVT is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

CVT and IST examples

These examples always use CVT (UTC-1) 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.

CVT is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

CVT is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CVT correspond to 3:30 pm to 11:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CVT correspond to 15:30 to 23:30 in IST.

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

Time Difference

Cape Verde Time is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
11:00 am11:00 in CVT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

CVT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in CVT which corresponds to 3:30pm-5pm15:30-17:00 in IST

11:00 am11:00 Cape Verde Time (CVT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

11:00 am11:00 CVT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Cape Verde Time

Offset: CVT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cape Verde

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CVT time zone is Praia in Cabo Verde, with about 137,868 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mindelo, Espargos, Assomada, Tarrafal.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Cape Verde Time (CVT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CVT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CVT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for CVT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone

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.

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