#108: The "Golden Hour" Meeting: Finding the Sweet Spot for Your Team in Europe, the US, and Asia

The Challenge of a Three-Continent Meeting

One of the most common and difficult scheduling challenges is finding a meeting time for a team split across North America, Europe, and Asia. The time zone differences are so large that a good time is hard to find.

Finding the Window:

Let's say your team is in Los Angeles (America/Los_Angeles), London (Europe/London), and Mumbai (Asia/Kolkata).

- A 9 AM meeting in Los Angeles is 5 PM in London (still in the workday) but 9:30 PM in Mumbai (late).

- A 9 AM meeting in London is 1:30 PM in Mumbai (good) but 1 AM in Los Angeles (impossible).

The only viable, though still challenging, window is often late afternoon in Europe, which corresponds to morning in America and evening in Asia.

- A 4 PM meeting in London is 8 AM in Los Angeles (early but doable) and 8:30 PM in Mumbai (late but doable).

This small "golden hour" is your best bet. Our Meeting Time Converter is the perfect tool to visually scan the hours and find this narrow window of opportunity.