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What is IST in Mexico City?

Central Time – Mexico is 11 hours 30 minutes behind

India Standard Time is on UTC+5:30 and Central Time – Mexico is on UTC−6:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in New Delhi
5:35:12 PM
Time in Mexico City
6:05:12 AM
Difference
−11:30 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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CST — Central Time – Mexico

5:30 am

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

India Standard Time

No clock changes

India Standard Time stays on IST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

Central Time – Mexico stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

IST to Mexico City conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from India Standard Time to Central Time – Mexico. 12 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Mexico City, which is marked.

12:00 am IST
12:30 pm CST−1 day
1:00 am IST
1:30 pm CST−1 day
2:00 am IST
2:30 pm CST−1 day
3:00 am IST
3:30 pm CST−1 day
4:00 am IST
4:30 pm CST−1 day
5:00 am IST
5:30 pm CST−1 day
6:00 am IST
6:30 pm CST−1 day
7:00 am IST
7:30 pm CST−1 day
8:00 am IST
8:30 pm CST−1 day
9:00 am IST
9:30 pm CST−1 day
10:00 am IST
10:30 pm CST−1 day
11:00 am IST
11:30 pm CST−1 day
12:00 pm IST
12:30 am CST
1:00 pm IST
1:30 am CST
2:00 pm IST
2:30 am CST
3:00 pm IST
3:30 am CST
4:00 pm IST
4:30 am CST
5:00 pm IST
5:30 am CST
6:00 pm IST
6:30 am CST
7:00 pm IST
7:30 am CST
8:00 pm IST
8:30 am CST
9:00 pm IST
9:30 am CST
10:00 pm IST
10:30 am CST
11:00 pm IST
11:30 am CST

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in New Delhi and one in Mexico City — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in New Delhi is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Mexico City.

A note on IST: it can also mean Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1). This page means India Standard Time, which is what almost all searches for IST want.

India Standard Time (IST) is used in all of India and Sri Lanka, on a single UTC+5:30 offset with no daylight saving

Central Time – Mexico (CST) is used in most of Mexico. Mexico abolished daylight saving in October 2022, so it no longer tracks US Central Time in summer.

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