India and Japan time difference
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India is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Japan
India is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Japan right now: 16:30 IST in Mumbai is 20:00 UTC+9 in Tokyo.
Mumbai · India
IST · UTC+5:30
Tokyo · Japan
UTC+9 · UTC+9
Through the year
The gap stays at 3h 30m all year: neither side changes its clocks in a way that moves it.
Convert a time
- IST to JST — hour-by-hour table
- Mumbai to Tokyo — city to city
- Plan a meeting — find hours that suit both
- Time zones in India · Time zones in Japan
Best hours to call
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
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MumbaiIST · +05:30
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TokyoUTC+9 · +09:00
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Shared working hours: 09:00–14:30 in Mumbai is 12:30–18:00 in Tokyo.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Questions about the India–Japan time difference
- What is the time difference between India and Japan?
- India is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Japan right now: 16:30 IST in Mumbai is 20:00 UTC+9 in Tokyo.
- What time is it in Japan when it is 9 am in India?
- At 09:00 in Mumbai it is 12:30 in Tokyo.
- Does the time difference between India and Japan change during the year?
- No. Neither Mumbai nor Tokyo changes its clocks in a way that moves the gap, so it is 3 hours 30 minutes all year.
Other pairs: every country time difference. Times are computed from the IANA time zone database.