PST to IST Time Zone Converter
PST to IST converts US Pacific Time to India Standard Time. India runs well ahead of the West Coast — 13.5 hours in winter and 12.5 hours in summer — and since India never changes its clocks, the gap moves only because Pacific observes daylight saving. The converter handles the switch and the half-hour offset for you.
Enter a date and time to convert.
Daylight saving is applied automatically for the date you pick. Labels like PST/EST name the zone (Pacific/Eastern); the real abbreviation shifts to PDT/EDT during daylight saving, and gmt here means London (GMT in winter, BST in summer) while utc stays fixed.
The time difference
India Standard Time is a long way ahead of US Pacific Time: 13.5 hours in winter and 12.5 hours in summer. India keeps the same clock all year, so the whole change comes from the Pacific side moving. The half hour is real — India runs on a :30 offset, so times land on the half hour, not the top of the hour.
A worked example
Take 9:00 AM Pacific. On January 15, 2026 that's 10:30 PM the same day in India, and on July 15, 2026 it's 9:30 PM the same day. A morning start on the West Coast is already evening in India — worth remembering when you're the one asking for the meeting.
Daylight saving & the abbreviation caveat
The slug says PST, the winter name for Pacific. From spring to fall the zone is really PDT, so locals just say "PT." India Standard Time observes no daylight saving at all and never changes, so it has no summer form. That's why the gap swings by an hour across the year — Pacific moves, India doesn't. The converter tracks the Pacific switch for the date you pick, so the result is always right.
When you'll use it
This is the classic conversion for working with teams and family in India: setting up a call that isn't the middle of someone's night, timing a handoff between a US and India office, catching a live cricket match or festival broadcast, or lining up a flight arrival from the West Coast.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours ahead is India from Pacific Time?
India is 13.5 hours ahead of Pacific in winter and 12.5 hours ahead in summer. India uses a half-hour offset from UTC, which is why the gap isn't a whole number.
Why does the PST to IST gap change during the year?
India Standard Time never changes, but Pacific springs forward in March and falls back in November. That's the only moving part, so the difference shifts between 13.5 and 12.5 hours.
What is 9 AM Pacific in India?
10:30 PM the same day in winter, and 9:30 PM the same day in summer. India is far enough ahead that a morning Pacific time lands in the evening in India.