In the graph below you see the time zone difference between Central Daylight Time and India Standard Time. Drag the bubble to adjust the time and to see the corresponding time in the other time zone.
Central Daylight Time is the time zone of the central US and Canada, as well as most of Central America when observing daylight saving time in, including cities like Winnipeg, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. India Standard Time is the time zone of India, with places like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Colombo.
Usually it is preferable to schedule meetings in the early morning, or late evening for the person in CDT and in the evening, or early morning for the person in IST.
More CDT conversions
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Central Daylight Time is the time zone of the central US and Canada, as well as Mexico and most of Central America. It is five hours behind UTC and is observed during the summer months, between March and November. Sometimes the zone is referred to as CDST – Central Daylight Saving Time Zone. In the winter CDT becomes CST – Central Standard Time.
CDT is observed in the US, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Honduras i.e. all Central American countries. In the US it is only the states in the central US that observes CDT, from Wisconsin in the West to Tennessee in the East, and from Michigan in the North to Florida in the South. Similarly, only Canadian provinces in the middle of the country observe CDT. All of Mexico observes CDT, except the North West corner of the country.
US: Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Illinois and many more.
Canada: Manitoba, Ontario (most parts), Saskatchewan (only Creighton and Denare Beach)
Mexico: Chiapas, México, Oaxaca, Yuca tán, San Luis Potosi and more.
CDT is the daylight saving time of Central Standard Time. There are only a handful of exceptions in this time zone that do not observe DST, so it is advisable to always check the exact location (e.g. using our time zone converter) instead of relying on time zone abbreviations.
India, Sri Lanka
Delhi, Colombo, Kolkata and Mumbai
This timezone does not observe daylight saving time so the time difference always stay the same. You however need to pay attention to if the other time zone is observing DST as this will make a difference.
IST can also refer to Irish Standard Time or Israeli Standard time, but most of the times it is India that is being referred to – just make sure to double check this before you send that calendar invite!