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What is Mexico City in IST?

India Standard Time is 11 hours 30 minutes ahead

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

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

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IST — India Standard Time

5:30 pm

IST, Fri

Daylight saving

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

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

India Standard Time

No clock changes

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

Mexico City to IST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Central Time – Mexico to India Standard Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New Delhi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

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.

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.

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

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