Time difference: Kolkata vs Tokyo

Quick answer

Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Kolkata.

Kolkata is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while Tokyo uses JST (UTC+09:00).

Kolkata
21:44:19
IST UTC+05:30
+3.5h
Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Kolkata.
Tokyo
01:14:19
JST UTC+09:00

Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Kolkata.

Kolkata is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while Tokyo uses JST (UTC+09:00).

Hour-by-hour conversion

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

Kolkata Tokyo
00:00 03:30
01:00 04:30
02:00 05:30
03:00 06:30
04:00 07:30
05:00 08:30
06:00 09:30
07:00 10:30
08:00 11:30
09:00 12:30
10:00 13:30
11:00 14:30
12:00 15:30
13:00 16:30
14:00 17:30
15:00 18:30
16:00 19:30
17:00 20:30
18:00 21:30
19:00 22:30
20:00 23:30
21:00 00:30 +1
22:00 01:30 +1
23:00 02:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Kolkata.

A good window is 09:00–13:30 in Kolkata, which is 12:30–17:00 in Tokyo. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.

Tokyo is 3.5 hours ahead of Kolkata.

Kolkata and Tokyo share the same daylight saving schedule (or neither observes DST). The offset between them stays constant year-round.

Kolkata uses Asia/Kolkata and Tokyo uses Asia/Tokyo. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

A good reverse window is 12:30–17:00 in Tokyo, which is 09:00–13:30 in Kolkata. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.