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Best Meeting Times: India and the USA

The India–US overlap is the hardest common case in global scheduling: the two working days barely touch. Here is exactly where they do, for all four mainland US time zones.

Quick answer. No single hour keeps all of these cities inside normal working hours at the same time, and 4 of the 4 do not overlap India's working day at all. Schedule per city rather than per country, and rotate who takes the uncomfortable slot.

City by city

Cityvs India Shared work days Overlap window (IST)LocalHrs/week
New York 9 hours and 30 minutes behind 5 none closest 7:30 AM —
Chicago 10 hours and 30 minutes behind 5 none closest 6:30 AM —
Denver 11 hours and 30 minutes behind 5 none closest 5:30 AM —
Los Angeles 12 hours and 30 minutes behind 5 none closest 4:30 AM —

India and New York

Both sides work Monday to Friday, so the working weeks line up and you share 5 days.

IST only New York only Both at work Weekend / off

Rows are days in IST. Columns are hours of the IST day.

No standard overlap

A 9–6 day in IST never meets a 9–5 day in New York on any day of the week, so one side has to move outside normal hours. Ranked by how far outside:

These hold on every shared working day (5 a week). Teams working this gap regularly tend to alternate which side takes the early or late call, and keep the synchronous meeting short.

Over the next 8 weeks you share 40 working days. 3are lost to a public holiday on one side or the other, leaving 37.

DateWho is offHoliday
Friday, October 2, 2026IndiaGandhi Jayanti
Monday, October 12, 2026New YorkColumbus Day
Tuesday, October 20, 2026IndiaDussehra (Vijayadashami)

Next holidays in India

  • Friday, October 2, 2026Gandhi Jayantisame date every year
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026Dussehra (Vijayadashami)partialpublished date
  • Sunday, November 8, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Monday, November 9, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypartialsame date every year

India has three national holidays on which the whole country closes. Everything else is either a central-government gazetted holiday that individual employers choose to observe, or a state holiday. Festival dates follow lunisolar calendars and move every year, so they are listed explicitly rather than derived.

Next holidays in New York

  • Monday, October 12, 2026Columbus Daypublished date
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026Veterans Daypublished date
  • Thursday, November 26, 2026Thanksgiving Daypublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypublished date
  • Friday, January 1, 2027New Year's Daypublished date

Public holidays as published by https://date.nager.at, covering 2026–2028. Regional and employer-specific days are not included.

Holiday dates for New York and elsewhere come from a dataset last refreshed on 2026-09-12 (date.nager.at plus curated national calendars). Lunar dates — Eid, Chinese New Year, the Jewish holidays — are predicted and can move by a day once officially announced. Regional, state and employer-specific holidays are not included. Confirm anything you are booking a flight around.

India and Chicago

Both sides work Monday to Friday, so the working weeks line up and you share 5 days.

IST only Chicago only Both at work Weekend / off

Rows are days in IST. Columns are hours of the IST day.

No standard overlap

A 9–6 day in IST never meets a 9–5 day in Chicago on any day of the week, so one side has to move outside normal hours. Ranked by how far outside:

These hold on every shared working day (5 a week). Teams working this gap regularly tend to alternate which side takes the early or late call, and keep the synchronous meeting short.

Over the next 8 weeks you share 40 working days. 3are lost to a public holiday on one side or the other, leaving 37.

DateWho is offHoliday
Friday, October 2, 2026IndiaGandhi Jayanti
Monday, October 12, 2026ChicagoColumbus Day
Tuesday, October 20, 2026IndiaDussehra (Vijayadashami)

Next holidays in India

  • Friday, October 2, 2026Gandhi Jayantisame date every year
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026Dussehra (Vijayadashami)partialpublished date
  • Sunday, November 8, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Monday, November 9, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypartialsame date every year

India has three national holidays on which the whole country closes. Everything else is either a central-government gazetted holiday that individual employers choose to observe, or a state holiday. Festival dates follow lunisolar calendars and move every year, so they are listed explicitly rather than derived.

Next holidays in Chicago

  • Monday, October 12, 2026Columbus Daypublished date
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026Veterans Daypublished date
  • Thursday, November 26, 2026Thanksgiving Daypublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypublished date
  • Friday, January 1, 2027New Year's Daypublished date

Public holidays as published by https://date.nager.at, covering 2026–2028. Regional and employer-specific days are not included.

Holiday dates for Chicago and elsewhere come from a dataset last refreshed on 2026-09-12 (date.nager.at plus curated national calendars). Lunar dates — Eid, Chinese New Year, the Jewish holidays — are predicted and can move by a day once officially announced. Regional, state and employer-specific holidays are not included. Confirm anything you are booking a flight around.

India and Denver

Both sides work Monday to Friday, so the working weeks line up and you share 5 days.

IST only Denver only Both at work Weekend / off

Rows are days in IST. Columns are hours of the IST day.

No standard overlap

A 9–6 day in IST never meets a 9–5 day in Denver on any day of the week, so one side has to move outside normal hours. Ranked by how far outside:

These hold on every shared working day (5 a week). Teams working this gap regularly tend to alternate which side takes the early or late call, and keep the synchronous meeting short.

Over the next 8 weeks you share 40 working days. 3are lost to a public holiday on one side or the other, leaving 37.

DateWho is offHoliday
Friday, October 2, 2026IndiaGandhi Jayanti
Monday, October 12, 2026DenverColumbus Day
Tuesday, October 20, 2026IndiaDussehra (Vijayadashami)

Next holidays in India

  • Friday, October 2, 2026Gandhi Jayantisame date every year
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026Dussehra (Vijayadashami)partialpublished date
  • Sunday, November 8, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Monday, November 9, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypartialsame date every year

India has three national holidays on which the whole country closes. Everything else is either a central-government gazetted holiday that individual employers choose to observe, or a state holiday. Festival dates follow lunisolar calendars and move every year, so they are listed explicitly rather than derived.

Next holidays in Denver

  • Monday, October 12, 2026Columbus Daypublished date
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026Veterans Daypublished date
  • Thursday, November 26, 2026Thanksgiving Daypublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypublished date
  • Friday, January 1, 2027New Year's Daypublished date

Public holidays as published by https://date.nager.at, covering 2026–2028. Regional and employer-specific days are not included.

Holiday dates for Denver and elsewhere come from a dataset last refreshed on 2026-09-12 (date.nager.at plus curated national calendars). Lunar dates — Eid, Chinese New Year, the Jewish holidays — are predicted and can move by a day once officially announced. Regional, state and employer-specific holidays are not included. Confirm anything you are booking a flight around.

India and Los Angeles

Both sides work Monday to Friday, so the working weeks line up and you share 5 days.

IST only Los Angeles only Both at work Weekend / off

Rows are days in IST. Columns are hours of the IST day.

No standard overlap

A 9–6 day in IST never meets a 9–5 day in Los Angeles on any day of the week, so one side has to move outside normal hours. Ranked by how far outside:

These hold on every shared working day (5 a week). Teams working this gap regularly tend to alternate which side takes the early or late call, and keep the synchronous meeting short.

Over the next 8 weeks you share 39 working days. 3are lost to a public holiday on one side or the other, leaving 36.

DateWho is offHoliday
Friday, October 2, 2026IndiaGandhi Jayanti
Monday, October 12, 2026Los AngelesColumbus Day
Tuesday, October 20, 2026IndiaDussehra (Vijayadashami)

Next holidays in India

  • Friday, October 2, 2026Gandhi Jayantisame date every year
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026Dussehra (Vijayadashami)partialpublished date
  • Sunday, November 8, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Monday, November 9, 2026Diwalipublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypartialsame date every year

India has three national holidays on which the whole country closes. Everything else is either a central-government gazetted holiday that individual employers choose to observe, or a state holiday. Festival dates follow lunisolar calendars and move every year, so they are listed explicitly rather than derived.

Next holidays in Los Angeles

  • Monday, October 12, 2026Columbus Daypublished date
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026Veterans Daypublished date
  • Thursday, November 26, 2026Thanksgiving Daypublished date
  • Friday, December 25, 2026Christmas Daypublished date
  • Friday, January 1, 2027New Year's Daypublished date

Public holidays as published by https://date.nager.at, covering 2026–2028. Regional and employer-specific days are not included.

Holiday dates for Los Angeles and elsewhere come from a dataset last refreshed on 2026-09-12 (date.nager.at plus curated national calendars). Lunar dates — Eid, Chinese New Year, the Jewish holidays — are predicted and can move by a day once officially announced. Regional, state and employer-specific holidays are not included. Confirm anything you are booking a flight around.

Questions about scheduling this corridor

What is the best time for a meeting between India and the USA?

There is no single slot that keeps every city on this page inside normal working hours, so pick the specific pair you need from the table below. Where no overlap exists at all, the fairest pattern is alternating which side takes the awkward call.

Which side should move outside normal hours?

Alternate it. When one side always takes the 7 AM or 9 PM call, that side disengages over time. Teams that sustain these corridors tend to rotate the burden, keep the synchronous meeting short, and push status updates into written handovers that cross the gap overnight.

Do daylight saving changes affect these windows?

Yes, for any city that observes it. India never shifts, so each DST changeover moves the overlap by a full hour in one direction. A recurring calendar invite pinned to a city’s local time will silently move relative to IST twice a year — worth re-checking in March and late October.

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