IST to CST Converter
Quick answers
IST is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and CST uses GMT -6 for this comparison.
For example, 5:30 pm IST is 6:00 am CST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 6:30pm-7:30pm IST, which is 7am-8am CST.
CST is a fixed UTC-6 standard-time offset. For current Central Time, compare IST to CDT or IST to CT.
Compare IST time with CST 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 Central Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST
IST to CST 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 CST
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 6:00 am06:00 CST
| IST | CST |
|---|---|
| 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
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST 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 an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone