Time difference: Chennai vs New York City

Quick answer

New York City is 9.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while New York City uses EDT (UTC-04:00).

The offset between these two cities changes during the year because they do not share the same daylight saving schedule.

Chennai
20:41:51
IST UTC+05:30
-9.5h
New York City is 9.5 hours behind Chennai.
Time offset changes during the year due to different DST schedules.
New York City
11:11:51
EDT UTC-04:00

New York City is 9.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while New York City uses EDT (UTC-04:00).

Because Chennai and New York City do not share the same daylight saving schedule, the time difference between them changes during the year.

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Chennai, here are the local times elsewhere.

Chennai New York City
00:00 14:30 -1
01:00 15:30 -1
02:00 16:30 -1
03:00 17:30 -1
04:00 18:30 -1
05:00 19:30 -1
06:00 20:30 -1
07:00 21:30 -1
08:00 22:30 -1
09:00 23:30 -1
10:00 00:30
11:00 01:30
12:00 02:30
13:00 03:30
14:00 04:30
15:00 05:30
16:00 06:30
17:00 07:30
18:00 08:30
19:00 09:30
20:00 10:30
21:00 11:30
22:00 12:30
23:00 13:30

Frequently Asked Questions

New York City is 9.5 hours behind Chennai.

There is no full overlap between 9:00 and 17:00 working hours in Chennai and New York City. Use the meeting planner to find the best edge-hour option.

New York City is 9.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai and New York City do not share the same DST schedule, so the time offset between them changes by an hour during parts of the year.

Chennai uses Asia/Kolkata and New York City uses America/New_York. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

There is no full overlap between 9:00 and 17:00 working hours in Chennai and New York City. Use the meeting planner to find the best edge-hour option.