Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the
time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...
for
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. With a time offset from
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time or UTC is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about one second of Solar time#Mean solar time, mean solar time (such as Universal Time, UT1) at 0° longitude (at the I ...
(UTC) of
UTC+05:45 all over Nepal,
it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.
[The others are Chatham Island Standard Time, with an offset of UTC+12:45, and the unofficial Australian Central Western Time, with an offset of UTC+08:45.]
NPT is an approximation of
Kathmandu
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mean time, which is 5:41:16 ahead of
UTC. The standard meridian passes through the peak of
Gaurishankar mountain about east of Kathmandu.
Nepal used local
solar time until 1920, in Kathmandu UTC+05:41:16. In 1920, Nepal adopted
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and ...
,
UTC+05:30. In 1986 Nepal advanced their clocks by 15 minutes, giving them a time zone of
UTC+05:45.
See also
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Date and time notation in Nepal
*
UTC+05:40
*
UTC+05:45
References
Notes
External links
Nepali Time & calendar for both PC & WebNepali calendarNepali TimeNepali TimeNepali Time and Date with Calendar
Time zones
Time in Nepal
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