Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for improving redirection in a TD-SCDMA circuit-switched fallback from TDD-LTE systems. Certain aspects provide a method that generally includes initiating a call setup (CS) procedure for leaving a base station (BS) of a first radio access technology (RAT) for a call on a second RAT, receiving, in response to the CS procedure, a message from the BS of the first RAT comprising a system frame number (SFN) for the BS of the first RAT and an offset number for a BS of the second RAT for setting up the call, and generating an estimated SFN for the BS of the second RAT based on the SFN for the BS of the first RAT and the offset number.