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 Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica, CA, USA is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

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

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

4:00 am04:00 Santa Monica, CA, USA / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

Santa Monica, 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
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Santa Monica 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.

Santa Monica Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Alternative Names
Monicopolis, SMO, Santa Monica, Santa Monika, Santa Mónica, Santa Mônica, Santa-Monika, Santamonika, canta monikka, saentamonika, santa mwnyka, santa mwnyka kylyfwrnya, santa mۆnyka kalyfۆrnya, santamonika, sheng mo ni ka, snta mwnyka kalyfrnya, snth mwnyqh, syanta monika, Σάντα Μόνικα, Санта Моника, Санта-Моника, Санта-Моніка, סנטה מוניקה, سانتا مونيكا, سانتا مونیکا، کیلیفورنیا, سانتا مۆنیکا، کالیفۆرنیا, سانٹا مونیکا, سنتا مونیکا، کالیفرنیا, स्यान्टा मोनिका, சாந்தா மொனிக்கா, แซนตามอนิกา, サンタモニカ, 圣莫尼卡, 샌타모니카
Population
93,220
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 01' N Latitude / 118° 29' 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: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

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 five hour and thirty minutes time differences 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