Pair comparison

United States vs India

United States is 10.5 hours behind India. They have no overlap in standard 9-to-6 business hours — you'll need edge-hour meetings.

Country comparisons use one representative IANA zone per country, current public-holiday rows, and a same-day business-hour model. Multi-zone countries still need city-level checks before travel or payroll decisions.

Live values rendered at Nov 5, 4:42 PM UTC.

United States

Reference city: New York

11:42EST

Thu · Nov 5 · UTC-05:00

DST shifts / 12mo
1
Public holidays 2026
16

India

Reference city: Mumbai

22:12GMT+5:30

Thu · Nov 5 · UTC+05:30

DST shifts / 12mo
0
Public holidays 2026
16

Operational read on this pair

Coordination class

async-first pair

United States and India do not share standard 9-to-6 business hours today. Treat this as an async-first corridor and reserve synchronous calls for edge-hour handoffs.

DST drift risk

1 sampled shifts / 12mo

United States shifts clocks while India is stable in the sampled reference zone, so recurring meetings can move by one hour for part of the year.

Holiday availability

16 vs 16 listed holidays

United States and India share 2 listed holiday dates in the selected year, so shared shutdown risk is visible before campaign or sprint planning.

Pair workflow examples

What fixed local work times become across the pair

async-first pair

The current offset is enough for today, but the examples below make the page useful for real recurring work: standups, reviews, and end-of-day handoffs anchored to either country. Recheck these around DST transition weeks when either sampled zone shifts.

Anchored in United States

  • morning standup: 9:00 AM in United States is 7:30 PM in India (same day).
  • midday review: 1:00 PM in United States is 11:30 PM in India (same day).
  • end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in United States is 3:30 AM in India (next day).

Anchored in India

  • morning standup: 9:00 AM in India is 10:30 PM in United States (previous day).
  • midday review: 1:00 PM in India is 2:30 AM in United States (same day).
  • end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in India is 6:30 AM in United States (same day).

Best live-use strategy

No shared 9-to-6 window appears today, so United States and India should use async-first workflows, rotating live calls, and written decision logs.

United States next holiday checks

Veterans Day (2026-11-11); Thanksgiving Day (2026-11-26); Christmas Day (2026-12-25)

India next holiday checks

Diwali (2026-11-08); Guru Nanak Jayanti (2026-11-24); Christmas (2026-12-25)

Business-hour overlap

No overlap in standard 9–18 local working hours. You'll typically schedule synchronous meetings in the early morning for one side and late evening for the other.

24-hour overlap heatmap (UTC across the bottom)

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  • Working hours (09–18 local)
  • Edge hours (07–09, 18–22)
  • Sleep hours (22–07)

Overlapping public holidays in 2026 (2)

  • 2026-04-03United States: Good Friday · India: Good Friday
  • 2026-12-25United States: Christmas Day · India: Christmas

Both teams may be off on the dates above — useful for sprint planning and launch calendars.

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