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, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. 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 mean solar time (such as UT1) at 0° longitude (at the IERS Reference Meridian as the currently use ...
(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
The Chatham Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by adding twelve hours and forty-five minutes to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC+12:45.
The Chatham Standard Time Zone is used exclusively in the Chatham Islan ...
, 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
Gaurishankar (also Gauri Sankar or Gauri Shankar; Nepali : ; Sherpa: Jomo Tseringma;) is a mountain in the Nepal Himalayas, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse (7,181m). The name comes from the Hindu goddess Gauri, ...
mountain about east of Kathmandu.
Nepal used local
solar time
Solar time is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day, based on the synodic rotation period. Two types of solar time are apparent solar time (sundial ti ...
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 avi ...
,
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
Nepal uses both the DMY and YMD format when writing dates, and uses 12-hour format for time.
Date
YYYY-MM-DD is official date format for the Bikram Sambat calendar used in Nepal. While speaking and writing full BS dates, the ''mmmm d, yy ...
*
UTC+05:40
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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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