California, USA
PST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Palo Alto time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

PST (Pacific Standard Time) is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
4:00 am04:00 in Palo Alto, CA, USA is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Palo Alto to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in Palo Alto which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am in IST (next day)

4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Palo Alto, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

4:00 am04:00 Palo Alto, CA, USA / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Palo Alto, CA, USAIST
12am (midnight)1:30 pm
1am2:30 pm
2am3:30 pm
3am4:30 pm
4am5:30 pm
5am6:30 pm
6am7:30 pm
7am8:30 pm
8am9:30 pm
9am10:30 pm
10am11:30 pm
11am12:30 am
12pm (noon)1:30 am
1pm2:30 am
2pm3:30 am
3pm4:30 am
4pm5:30 am
5pm6:30 am
6pm7:30 am
7pm8:30 am
8pm9:30 am
9pm10:30 am
10pm11:30 am
11pm12:30 pm
00:0013:30
01:0014:30
02:0015:30
03:0016:30
04:0017:30
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Palo Alto Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-7:00 hours during Pacific Daylight Time, currently in use.
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Palo Alto Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Alternative Names
PAO, Pala-Al'ta, Palo Al'to, Palo Alto, Palo-Al'to, Palo-Alto, Paloalto, University Park, balw altw, pa luo ao duo, pa luo ao tu, paelloaelto, palo alto, palo elto, palw altw kalyfrnya, palwaltw, paroaruto, Πάλο Άλτο, Пала-Альта, Пало Алто, Пало Альто, Пало-Альто, פאלו אלטו, بالو ألتو, پالو آلتو، کالیفرنیا, پالوآلتو, पालो आल्टो, पालो एल्टो, パロアルト, 帕羅奧圖, 帕羅奧多, 팰로앨토
Population
66,853
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
37° 26' N Latitude / 122° 08' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2