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Tokyo & Los Angeles
Best meeting times

Find shared working hours, a start time that survives the seasons, and the weeks your meeting needs attention.

A MEETING THAT FITS

09:00 Tokyo · 16:00 Los Angeles

November 4, 2026 in Tokyo; 2026-11-03 in Los Angeles. The complete 60-minute meeting fits both working windows. The annual analysis below shows where the schedule needs adjustment.

TIME & DATE
JPFROMUTC+09:00

Japan · JST

Wed, 4 Nov
USTOUTC−08:00

United States · PST

4:00PM
Tue, 3 Nov-1 day
Los Angeles is 17h behind Tokyo.-1 day
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Tap an hour to explore · November 4, 2026Dates follow Tokyo
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THE TIME DIFFERENCE17hbehind

Los Angeles compared with Tokyo.

SHARED WORKING HOURS1h2026-11-04

Shared time within the selected local working windows.

THROUGH THE SEASONS2different offsets

Clock changes affect your time difference.

WORKING HOURS & MEETINGS

Best meeting times: Tokyo and Los Angeles

1h of shared working time on 2026-11-04

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Local working days, overnight shifts and the entire meeting duration are checked.

A few times that work60 MIN

Every minute of the meeting fits both working windows.

For a 60-minute meeting, the last start in this window is 9:00 AM Tokyo.
PLAN BEYOND A SINGLE DAY

Tokyo–Los Angeles working hours through 2026

Every date calculated with your working windows. 261 selected Tokyo workdays; public holidays are not applied.

Daily CSV
Least shared time0h
Most common0h
Most shared time1h
Days without a 60-min slot188 / 261

One fixed start time does not fit every working day.

188 selected host workdays cannot fit the complete meeting. Adjust working days, hours or duration above, or use different seasonal meeting times.

How shared working time changes by month

Bars show the mean shared hours per selected host workday. The range captures all those days, including clock-change dates. A full bar represents 8h.

Jan
49m0h–1h range4 days without a full slot
Feb
48m0h–1h range4 days without a full slot
Mar
11m0h–1h range18 days without a full slot
Apr
0h0h on every selected day22 days without a full slot
May
0h0h on every selected day21 days without a full slot
Jun
0h0h on every selected day22 days without a full slot
Jul
0h0h on every selected day23 days without a full slot
Aug
0h0h on every selected day21 days without a full slot
Sep
0h0h on every selected day22 days without a full slot
Oct
0h0h on every selected day22 days without a full slot
Nov
46m0h–1h range5 days without a full slot
Dec
50m0h–1h range4 days without a full slot
Explore every date in 2026

Select a date to check its schedule. Color shows shared hours; grey marks dates outside the selected host working weekdays. Each date also reports how many starts fit the complete meeting.

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Tokyo: 09:00–17:00, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri. Los Angeles: 09:00–17:00, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri.

Calculation details and repeated hours

Overnight shifts belong to their start weekday. Host workday means the source calendar date. Repeated local times use the first occurrence.

A SCHEDULE WITH FORESIGHT

Your next 12 weekly meetings

Anchored to Tokyo at 09:00. All occurrences fit your working windows.

0 meetings at a different local time
Date in TokyoTokyoLos AngelesWorking-hours check
2026-11-049:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-11-119:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-11-189:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-11-259:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-12-029:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-12-099:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-12-169:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-12-239:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2026-12-309:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2027-01-069:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2027-01-139:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both
2027-01-209:00 AM UTC+09:004:00 PM -1 dayWorks for both

This checks weekly occurrences against the published time-zone rules and your working windows. It does not access calendars or account for leave and holidays. Calendar export creates a single meeting.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

A year of time differences.

How Los Angeles compares with Tokyo throughout 2026.

2026
JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
−17h
−16h
−17h

Los Angeles changes its UTC offset in 2026. Tokyo keeps one UTC offset this year.

See exact change periods
From (UTC, inclusive)Until (UTC, exclusive)Los Angeles vs Tokyo
1 Jan 2026, 00:00 UTC8 Mar 2026, 10:00 UTC17h behind
8 Mar 2026, 10:00 UTC1 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC16h behind
1 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC1 Jan 2027, 00:00 UTC17h behind
CLOCK CHANGES

What changes at the next clock adjustment?

March 14, 2027Local transition date
  • Los Angeles clocks go forward by 1h on March 14, 2027.

After this change, Tokyo is 16h ahead of Los Angeles.

Exact clock readings and UTC transition

2027-03-14T10:00:00.000Z.

Los Angeles: 2027-03-14 01:59 UTC−08:00 → 2027-03-14 03:00 UTC−07:00.

Readings are one real minute apart. Future rules may change.

Exact periods outside the most common difference in 2026

The most frequent difference has Los Angeles 16h behind relative to Tokyo. Exceptions:

From (UTC, inclusive)Until (UTC, exclusive)Compared with Tokyo
1 Jan 2026, 00:00 UTC8 Mar 2026, 10:00 UTC17h behind
1 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC1 Jan 2027, 00:00 UTC17h behind

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