Timezone conversion
PST to IST Converter (2026)
IST (India Standard Time) is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST (US Pacific Standard Time). When it's 9:00 PM PST in Los Angeles, it's 10:30 AM IST the next day in Mumbai and New Delhi. Because the US observes daylight saving and India does not, the gap shrinks to 12h30m for most of the year when the US is on PDT.
Last updated June 25, 2026 · Maintained by Clockjumper
IST is 13h30m ahead of PST. Add 13 hours 30 minutes to PST to get IST. The best US-West-Coast ↔ India call windows are 8:00 – 10:30 PM PST (9:30 AM – 12:00 PM IST the next day, morning of the Indian workday) or 6:00 – 8:00 AM PST (7:30 – 9:30 PM IST, end of the Indian workday). Between mid-March and early November, the US is on PDT and the gap is 12h30m — the same windows shift accordingly.
IST is currently 12h30m ahead of PST.
Right now Los Angeles / San Francisco (US West Coast) is on PDT (UTC-7) and New Delhi / Mumbai (India) on GMT+5:30 (UTC+5:30). This flips back to the standard PST/IST gap once daylight saving ends.
Live clocks above use each region's current local time (DST-aware). The reference table below uses the fixed PST → IST standard offset — see the DST section for how the gap changes across the year.
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Key conversion times
- 6:00 AM PST7:30 PM ISTEarly morning in LA — early evening in India, last live overlap
- 7:00 AM PST8:30 PM ISTStart of the US-West-Coast workday — evening in India, common daily standup slot
- 8:00 PM PST9:30 AM ISTEnd of the LA workday — start of the Indian workday next morning
- 9:00 PM PST10:30 AM ISTLA evening — Indian mid-morning next day, prime follow-the-sun handoff
- 10:00 PM PST11:30 AM ISTLate evening in LA — late morning in India next day
Full PST to IST conversion table
| PST (Los Angeles) | IST (Mumbai) |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 1:30 PM |
| 1:00 AM | 2:30 PM |
| 2:00 AM | 3:30 PM |
| 3:00 AM | 4:30 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 5:30 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 6:30 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 7:30 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 8:30 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 9:30 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 10:30 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 11:30 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 AM(next day) |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 AM(next day) |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 AM(next day) |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 AM(next day) |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 AM(next day) |
| 4:00 PM | 5:30 AM(next day) |
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 AM(next day) |
| 6:00 PM | 7:30 AM(next day) |
| 7:00 PM | 8:30 AM(next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 9:30 AM(next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 10:30 AM(next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 AM(next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 12:30 PM(next day) |
Daylight saving and how the gap changes
PST (UTC-8) switches to PDT (UTC-7) on the second Sunday of March and reverts on the first Sunday of November. India does not observe daylight saving, so IST stays at UTC+5:30 all year. The result: the Pacific-Coast ↔ India gap is 13h30m during US winter and 12h30m during US summer.
Common mistake: abbreviation collision
This page treats "IST" as India Standard Time (Asia/Kolkata, UTC+5:30). Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) and Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) share the abbreviation but are different zones.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between PST and IST?
- IST (India Standard Time) is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST (US Pacific Standard Time). When it's 9:00 PM PST in Los Angeles, it's 10:30 AM IST the next day in Mumbai.
- Does daylight saving change the PST → IST gap?
- Yes. India does not observe DST, but the US Pacific zone switches to PDT (UTC-7) from mid-March to early November. During those months the Pacific-Coast ↔ India gap is 12h30m instead of the 13h30m shown in the table.
- What time is 9 AM PST in IST?
- 9:00 AM PST is 10:30 PM IST the same day.
- What time is 9 PM PST in IST?
- 9:00 PM PST is 10:30 AM IST the next day.
- When is the best time to schedule a US-West-Coast ↔ India meeting?
- There's no clean overlap inside both sides' 9-to-5, so most teams alternate between an early-morning-LA / evening-India slot (6:00 – 8:00 AM PST = 7:30 – 9:30 PM IST) and a late-evening-LA / morning-India slot (8:00 – 10:00 PM PST = 9:30 – 11:30 AM IST the next day), sharing the burden.