Best overlap: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Prague is 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York.
Your window to reach both cities is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Prague, which converts to 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York. The overlap sits at about 4 hours; aim for the heart of it so the call isn't too early for one team or too late for the other.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Prague Europe/Prague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York America/New York |
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