Nepal_Standard_Time Knowpia

Nepal Standard Time
Nepal Standard Time
Time zone
UTC offset
NPT	UTC+05:45
Current time
	09:23, 17 April 2025 NPT [refresh]
Central meridian
Date-time group

Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal.^[1] With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal,^[2]^[3] it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.^{[n 1]}^[4]

Time zones of South Asia, with Nepal Standard Time indicated

Calculation

NPT is an approximation of Kathmandu mean time, which is 5:41:16 ahead of UTC. The standard meridian passes through the peak of Gaurishankar mountain about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Kathmandu.^[2]

History

Nepal used local solar time until the year 1920, in Kathmandu UTC+05:41:16. In 1920, Nepal adopted Indian Standard Time, UTC+05:30. In 1986 Nepal advanced their clocks by 15 minutes, giving them a time zone of UTC+05:45.^[5]

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Nepal in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Kathmandu.

References

^ "A Brief Legal History of Time: Part One of Two". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Gurung, Trishna. "15 minutes of fame". Nepali Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal". Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Half Hour and 45-Minute Time Zones". www.timeanddate.com.
^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal". www.timeanddate.com.