Originally Posted by uastarflyer
Yes typically, you leave Day 1 and land in India Day 2 very late if going East.
If going west, you land in HKG late Day 2 (to use your example) and don't get to India until early Day 3.
In other words, it's typically about ~10-12 hours more travel time going west due to connection timings, wind, etc.
But unless you are doing a RTW, wouldn't wind be a non-issue for a round trip, and I don't think the connections are necessarily any better via the Atlantic with the possible exception of flying BA. Also by going via the Pacific, you get to transit better airports (i.e., Hong Kong and Singapore) versus Heathrow and Frankfurt and fly on generally more service-oriented carriers.