Mumbai is 10.5 hours ahead of New York during EST, and 9.5 hours ahead during EDT. When it's 9:00 AM in New York (winter), it's 7:30 PM in Mumbai. India does not observe DST.
India uses IST (UTC+5:30) year-round while New York switches between EST (winter) and EDT (summer). The half-hour offset creates a unique scheduling challenge.
Early morning NY works best! 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM NY (winter) corresponds to 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mumbai. Morning NY catches Mumbai's evening.
Mumbai is India's financial capital (Sensex, Bombay Stock Exchange) with deep Wall Street connections. Air India and United operate direct flights from Newark.