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Time difference between Los Angeles and Bangalore

Short answer

Bangalore is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles. Right now it is 05:36 in Los Angeles (PDT, UTC−7) and 18:06 in Bangalore (GMT+5:30, UTC+5:30).

Right now

Los Angeles · United States

05:36

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Pacific Daylight Time · PDT · UTC−7

Bangalore · India

18:06

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

India Standard Time · GMT+5:30 · UTC+5:30

Times at the moment this page was generated. Reload for a fresh reading.

Does the difference between Los Angeles and Bangalore change during the year?

Yes. For 238 days of 2026 the difference is 12 hours and 30 minutes, but it moves whenever Los Angeles or Bangalore enters or leaves daylight saving time. Here is the full 2026 calendar (dates in UTC):

From	Until	Bangalore vs Los Angeles
January 1	March 8	+13:30 h
March 8	November 1	+12:30 h
November 1	December 31	+13:30 h

The highlighted row is the current period. Every date comes from each zone's official rules, not from a hand-typed table.

Best time to call Bangalore from Los Angeles (and vice versa)

With 12 hours and 30 minutes between them there is no hour at which Los Angeles and Bangalore are both inside a 9:00–17:00 working day. Teams split across these two cities usually alternate the sacrifice: one week the meeting lands early (7:00–8:00) in Los Angeles and late (18:00–19:00) in the other city, the next week the other way round. The Timezone Matcher grid shades exactly those compromise hours.

Los Angeles to Bangalore conversion table

Each Los Angeles hour and its equivalent in Bangalore today. Rows shaded green are working hours (9:00–17:00) in both cities at once.

Los Angeles time · Tue, Sep 15	Bangalore time
00:00	12:30
01:00	13:30
02:00	14:30
03:00	15:30
04:00	16:30
05:00	17:30
06:00	18:30
07:00	19:30
08:00	20:30
09:00	21:30
10:00	22:30
11:00	23:30
12:00	00:30next day
13:00	01:30next day
14:00	02:30next day
15:00	03:30next day
16:00	04:30next day
17:00	05:30next day
18:00	06:30next day
19:00	07:30next day
20:00	08:30next day
21:00	09:30next day
22:00	10:30next day
23:00	11:30next day

Looking for it the other way round? This page covers both directions: Bangalore to Los Angeles is the same difference with the sign flipped.

The two time zones

Los Angeles — America/Los_Angeles

Los Angeles runs on Pacific Time (PT): UTC−8 in winter (PST) and UTC−7 in summer (PDT). It is the clock of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Seattle and the entire US West Coast.

Bangalore — Asia/Kolkata

Bangalore, India's software capital, is on India Standard Time (UTC+5:30, no daylight saving) — the offset every US and European engineering team ends up learning by heart.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours difference between Los Angeles and Bangalore?

Bangalore is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles. For most of the year (238 days) the difference is 12 hours and 30 minutes; it shifts during the weeks when one of the two cities enters or leaves daylight saving time.

When it is 12:00 noon in Los Angeles, what time is it in Bangalore?

00:30 in Bangalore the next day (at today's difference of 12 hours and 30 minutes).

What is the best time for a meeting between Los Angeles and Bangalore?

There is no overlap between the 9:00–17:00 working days of Los Angeles and Bangalore. Teams usually alternate: an early-morning slot in Los Angeles lands in the late evening of the other city.

Do Los Angeles and Bangalore observe daylight saving time?

Los Angeles: yes. Bangalore: no. Because only one of them changes its clocks, the difference moves by one hour twice a year.

What time zone is Los Angeles in? And Bangalore?

Los Angeles: Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles, UTC−7). Bangalore: India Standard Time (Asia/Kolkata, UTC+5:30).

Tools

Meeting grid — add both cities and click a slot

Time zone converter — any city, any time

Working hours overlap calculator

Daylight saving time 2027 — all dates