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Scheduling Meetings Across US and India

Remote teams spanning the US East or West Coast and India face an 8.5โ€“13.5 hour gap. This guide shows the narrow overlap window and how to make it work.

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Scheduling Tips

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The best overlap for ESTโ†”IST is 8:30โ€“10:00 am EST (6:30โ€“8:00 pm Mumbai).

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For PSTโ†”IST, the only working-hours overlap is 7:30โ€“9:30 am PST (9โ€“11 pm Mumbai) โ€” very early for the US or very late for India.

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Consider rotating the "painful" slot so no team always takes the late call.

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Use the Async-first approach: record meetings and use Loom or Slack video for non-urgent updates.

Use the Color-Coded Planner to Find Your Window

The Timezone Meeting Planner shows a visual 24-hour grid where each hour is color-coded:

9 am โ€“ 6 pm local time. The ideal window for meetings. 7โ€“9 am and 6โ€“10 pm. Possible but not ideal. Outside working hours or weekends. Avoid unless necessary.

Share This With Your Team

Open the Timezone Planner pre-loaded, then use the Share button to copy a link - or shortlist specific slots and share those too.

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