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What is MSK in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 5 hours ahead

Moscow Time is on UTC+3:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Moscow
3:53:08 PM
Time in Beijing
8:53:08 PM
Difference
+5 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

Moscow Time

No clock changes

Moscow Time stays on MSK all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

MSK to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Moscow Time to China Standard Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm MSK, which is 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

Moscow Time (MSK) is used in western Russia. Russia abolished daylight saving in 2011.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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