Los Angeles is typically 13.5 hours behind Mumbai. When it's 11:30 PM in Mumbai, it's 10:00 AM the same day in Los Angeles. India uses UTC+5:30, creating the half-hour offset. India does not observe daylight saving time, but LA does.
During US daylight saving time (March to November), the difference is 12.5 hours. During US standard time (November to March), the difference increases to 13.5 hours.
Optimal meeting window: 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM LA time (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Mumbai, or 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM in winter). Early morning LA catches evening Mumbai.
Los Angeles and Mumbai are both major entertainment capitals - Hollywood and Bollywood. There are growing collaborations between the film industries of both cities.