Best overlap: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Panama City is 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Auckland.
Book within 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM Panama City time (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Auckland) and both teams will be at work. Since Auckland is 17 hours ahead of Panama City, the workdays overlap by around 3 hours; 3:00 PM in Panama City (8:00 AM in Auckland) makes a reliable recurring slot. Remember Auckland is a day apart — the next day — so a late call for Panama City could be the following morning there. For part of the year the maths changes: Auckland observes daylight saving, Panama City does not, shifting the overlap by an hour.
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