The hours you are both awake, a good time to ring, and how the gap moves through the year. Worked out from the time-zone database.
Right now
Choose both places to see the hours.
Waking hours
We assume people are up from 7:00 to 22:00, and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for a call. Change it if they keep other hours.
About this pair
The gap here is a half hour off the hour, and it moves twice a year with New York’s clocks. Delhi does not change.
The good slot is your morning, which is their evening. Your late evening is their early morning, which suits only an early riser. The table below shows how the slot grows in summer.
Written by The Sunli team.
Through the year
We assume you are up from 7:00 to 22:00 and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for them to take a call. Change the hours in the tool above if they keep others.
13 November 2026 to 14 March 2027
Delhi is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York.
Good time to ring: 7:00 to 10:30, your time (17:30 to 21:00 in Delhi).
14 March 2027 to 7 November 2027
Delhi is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York.
Good time to ring: 7:00 to 11:30, your time (16:30 to 21:00 in Delhi).
7 November 2027 to 30 December 2027
Delhi is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York.
Good time to ring: 7:00 to 10:30, your time (17:30 to 21:00 in Delhi).
When the clocks change
New York: clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday 14 March 2027, at 2:00 local time.
New York: clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday 7 November 2027, at 2:00 local time.
Delhi does not change its clocks in this period.
Delhi last changed its clocks on 15 October 1945.
Time zones: New York uses America/New_York and Delhi uses Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time-zone database, version 2026f. Dates are worked out from it; a government can change its clocks at short notice.
