IST to Chicago, IL, USA
Compare IST time with Chicago time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CST (Central Standard Time)
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 6:00 am06:00 in Chicago, IL, USA
IST to Chicago call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm in IST which corresponds to 7am-8am in Chicago
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 6:00 am06:00 Chicago, IL, USA
| IST | Chicago, IL, USA |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12:30 pm |
| 1am | 1:30 pm |
| 2am | 2:30 pm |
| 3am | 3:30 pm |
| 4am | 4:30 pm |
| 5am | 5:30 pm |
| 6am | 6:30 pm |
| 7am | 7:30 pm |
| 8am | 8:30 pm |
| 9am | 9:30 pm |
| 10am | 10:30 pm |
| 11am | 11:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 12:30 am |
| 1pm | 1:30 am |
| 2pm | 2:30 am |
| 3pm | 3:30 am |
| 4pm | 4:30 am |
| 5pm | 5:30 am |
| 6pm | 6:30 am |
| 7pm | 7:30 am |
| 8pm | 8:30 am |
| 9pm | 9:30 am |
| 10pm | 10:30 am |
| 11pm | 11:30 am |
| 00:00 | 12:30 |
| 01:00 | 13:30 |
| 02:00 | 14:30 |
| 03:00 | 15:30 |
| 04:00 | 16:30 |
| 05:00 | 17:30 |
| 06:00 | 18:30 |
| 07:00 | 19:30 |
| 08:00 | 20:30 |
| 09:00 | 21:30 |
| 10:00 | 22:30 |
| 11:00 | 23:30 |
| 12:00 | 00:30 |
| 13:00 | 01:30 |
| 14:00 | 02:30 |
| 15:00 | 03:30 |
| 16:00 | 04:30 |
| 17:00 | 05:30 |
| 18:00 | 06:30 |
| 19:00 | 07:30 |
| 20:00 | 08:30 |
| 21:00 | 09:30 |
| 22:00 | 10:30 |
| 23:00 | 11:30 |
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
Chicago Information
Time Zone
CST - Central Standard Time
-6:00 hours during Central Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.