San Francisco to New Delhi meeting time — find the best time to meet across PT & IST.
San Francisco–Delhi is one of the hardest high-volume pairings in tech: thirteen and a half hours apart in winter, twelve and a half in summer. Pacific mornings meet Indian evenings only barely, which is why Bay Area companies with Bengaluru or Delhi teams build explicit overlap rules instead of hoping for luck.
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Type a name in any row to label a participant — it shows in the share link & export summaries.
Meeting time (your home zone) — shaded bars show each participant's work hours
Hour by hour
San Francisco → New Delhi: workday conversion at a glance.
Times below follow current daylight-saving rules and are refreshed every deploy. The live planner above recalculates for any date you pick.
| San Francisco (PT) | New Delhi (IST) | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 9:30 PM | — |
| 9:00 AM | 10:30 PM | — |
| 10:00 AM | 11:30 PM | — |
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 AM+1d | — |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 AM+1d | — |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 AM+1d | — |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 AM+1d | — |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 AM+1d | — |
| 4:00 PM | 5:30 AM+1d | — |
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 AM+1d | — |
| 6:00 PM | 7:30 AM+1d | — |
Scheduling tips for San Francisco ↔ New Delhi
- The realistic shared window is 7:30–9:00 AM PT — 8:00–9:30 PM IST in summer, 9:00–10:30 PM IST in winter. Anything later pushes Delhi into late night.
- Protect the window: make 8:00 AM PT meetings calendar-locked recurring slots rather than ad-hoc invites.
- When the window is too tight for long sessions, alternate weekly between a PT-friendly and IST-friendly deep-dive, recording both.
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The interactive planner above is the full meeting planner for time zones loaded with just these two cities. Drag either row's handles to match real schedules, drag the cyan meeting line to test any exact moment, then export a calendar invite or shareable link. Need a third city, or a completely different pairing? Open theinternational meeting planner or browse all routes on the meeting time converter.
San Francisco – New Delhi FAQ
What time is 9 AM PST in IST?
9:00 AM PST is 10:30 PM IST in winter; 9:00 AM PDT is 9:30 PM IST in summer. The West Coast–India gap ranges from 12.5 to 13.5 hours depending on US daylight saving.
Can San Francisco and Delhi teams ever meet comfortably?
There is no standard 9-to-5 overlap. The practical bridge is roughly 7:30–9:00 AM PT — 8:00–9:30 PM IST in summer and 9:00–10:30 PM IST in winter. Treat it as precious: short syncs there, async updates everywhere else.
How do teams handle the narrow SF–India window?
Common patterns: a fixed daily 15-minute overlap standup, rotating late-night deep dives, and heavy written documentation so most collaboration happens asynchronously.
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