Meeting time
Best time to meet: Beijing and Phoenix
Beijing is 15 hours ahead of Phoenix right now, so their working days do not overlap. The time that asks least of both is 8 AM in Beijing, which is 5 PM in Phoenix — one of you starts early or stays late.
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Beijing time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Beijing | Phoenix | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 3 PM day before | Phoenix at work |
| 7 AM | 4 PM day before | Phoenix at work |
| 8 AM | 5 PM day before | Easiest time |
| 9 AM | 6 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 10 AM | 7 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 11 AM | 8 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 12 PM | 9 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 1 PM | 10 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 2 PM | 11 PM day before | Beijing at work |
| 3 PM | 12 AM | Beijing at work |
| 4 PM | 1 AM | Beijing at work |
| 5 PM | 2 AM | Both off |
| 6 PM | 3 AM | Both off |
| 7 PM | 4 AM | Both off |
| 8 PM | 5 AM | Both off |
| 9 PM | 6 AM | Both off |
| 10 PM | 7 AM | Both off |
All year
The gap between Beijing and Phoenix does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.
Beijing keeps the same clock as Singapore.
Questions people ask
6 PM in Phoenix, the day before, while Beijing is 15 hours ahead.
8 AM in Beijing, which is 5 PM in Phoenix. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
No. It stays 15 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.
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