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Time Difference between China and India
The current time in People's Republic of China is 9:12 AM on Saturday, July 4, 2009.
India is 2.5 hours behind China.
The time in Republic of India is 6:42 AM on Saturday, July 4, 2009.
These calculations assume you want the time zone at the center of the country. However, some countries span multiple time zones, so it's usually better to search for a particular city to get an accurate time difference.
If you live in China and you want to call a friend in India, you can try calling them between 9:30 AM and 1:30 AM your time. This will be between 7AM - 11PM their time, since India is 2.5 hours behind China.
If you're available any time, but you want to reach someone in India at work, you may want to try between 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM your time. This is the best time to reach them from 9AM - 5PM during normal working hours.
Unfortunately, there aren't any times that overlap between your normal working hours and theirs. The best we can do with the meeting planner is to expand the range to cover from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM your time (China).
To schedule a conference call or plan a meeting at the best time for both parties, you should try between 10:30 AM and 6:00 PM your time in China. That will end up being between 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM in India. Here's a chart showing the overlapping times:
| UTC+8 hours | UTC+5.5 hours |
| China | India |
| 10:30 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 8:30 AM |
| 11:30 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 9:30 AM |
| 12:30 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 10:30 AM |
| 1:30 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 11:30 AM |
| 2:30 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 12:30 PM |
| 3:30 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 1:30 PM |
| 4:30 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 5:30 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
The distance from China to India is 1,995 miles or 3,210 kilometers.
A typical flight between China and India would have a flying time of about 3 hours, 59 minutes. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/hr or 434 knots. Your exact time may vary depending on wind speeds.
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If you could drive a straight line from China to India, it would take you about 36 hours, 16 minutes. This assumes an average driving speed of 55 mph or 88.5 km/hr. If you are planning a road trip, you can get the driving directions from China to India using Google Maps.
Traveling at a different speed? Change any of the fields below and the other numbers will adjust automatically. You can change your speed to see how it affects the travel time, or set your target time to find out how fast you need to go!
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This site provides an online time zone converter for places all over the world. You can enter airports, cities, states, countries, or zip codes to find the time difference between any two locations. The calculator will automatically adjust for daylight saving time (DST) in the summer. You can use it as a meeting planner or a scheduler to find the best time to make international phone calls. World time zones have a positive or negative offset computed from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). UTC has uniform seconds defined by International Atomic Time (TAI), with leap seconds announced at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation. The tz database or zoneinfo database uses the closest city, rather than the more common Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time zones in the United States. Countries often change their daylight saving rules, so please help us stay current by letting us know if you find any pages that need updates.
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