diff --git a/debug_scripts/estimate_epoch_start_time.py b/debug_scripts/estimate_epoch_start_time.py
index b298f6a7607..b5bb568a6cd 100644
--- a/debug_scripts/estimate_epoch_start_time.py
+++ b/debug_scripts/estimate_epoch_start_time.py
@@ -119,6 +119,54 @@ def find_epoch_for_timestamp(future_epochs, voting_timestamp):
     return len(future_epochs)
 
 
+def find_best_voting_hour(voting_date_str, future_epochs):
+    # Working hours during which there are available NEAR engineers
+    WORKING_HOURS_START = 8  # 8:00 UTC
+    WORKING_HOURS_END = 22  # 22:00 UTC
+
+    valid_hours = []
+
+    for hour in range(24):
+        # Construct datetime for each hour of the voting date
+        voting_datetime = datetime.strptime(
+            f"{voting_date_str} {hour:02d}:00:00", '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+        voting_datetime = pytz.utc.localize(voting_datetime)
+        voting_timestamp = voting_datetime.timestamp()
+
+        # Find the epoch T in which the voting date falls
+        epoch_T = find_epoch_for_timestamp(future_epochs, voting_timestamp)
+        if epoch_T <= 0:
+            continue  # Voting date is before the first predicted epoch
+
+        # Calculate when the protocol upgrade will happen (start of epoch T+2)
+        protocol_upgrade_epoch_number = epoch_T + 2
+        if protocol_upgrade_epoch_number > len(future_epochs):
+            print(
+                "Not enough future epochs predicted to determine all the protocol upgrade times."
+            )
+            break
+
+        protocol_upgrade_timestamp = future_epochs[protocol_upgrade_epoch_number
+                                                   - 1]
+        protocol_upgrade_datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            protocol_upgrade_timestamp)
+        upgrade_hour_utc = protocol_upgrade_datetime.hour
+
+        if WORKING_HOURS_START <= upgrade_hour_utc < WORKING_HOURS_END:
+            valid_hours.append((hour, protocol_upgrade_epoch_number))
+
+    if valid_hours:
+        print(
+            f"\nVoting hours on {voting_date_str} UTC that result in upgrade during working hours (UTC {WORKING_HOURS_START}:00-{WORKING_HOURS_END}:00):"
+        )
+        for (hour, epoch) in valid_hours:
+            print(f"- {hour:02d}:00, Upgrade Epoch: {epoch}")
+    else:
+        print(
+            "\nNo voting hours on the given date result in an upgrade during working hours."
+        )
+
+
 def valid_voting_datetime(s):
     try:
         dt = datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
@@ -178,6 +226,8 @@ def main(args):
     if args.voting_date:
         find_protocol_upgrade_time(args.voting_date, future_epochs,
                                    args.timezone)
+    elif args.voting_date_day:
+        find_best_voting_hour(args.voting_date_day, future_epochs)
 
 
 # Custom action to set the URL based on chain_id
@@ -222,9 +272,17 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         type=valid_timezone,
         default="UTC",
         help="Time zone to display times in (e.g., 'America/New_York').")
-    parser.add_argument("--voting_date",
-                        type=valid_voting_datetime,
-                        help="Voting date in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format.")
+    # Voting date arguments
+    voting_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    voting_group.add_argument(
+        "--voting_date",
+        type=valid_voting_datetime,
+        help="Voting date in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format.")
+    voting_group.add_argument(
+        "--voting_date_day",
+        help=
+        "Voting date (day) in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format to find voting hours resulting in upgrade during working hours."
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     main(args)