Current time in Kathmandu

Nepal · UTC+5:45

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Asia/Kathmandu

UTC offset

UTC+5:45

Daylight Saving

No — not observed

Time zone ID

Asia/Kathmandu

Business hours

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM NPT (Sunday–Friday)

About Kathmandu's time zone

Kathmandu follows Nepal Standard Time (NPT, UTC+5:45), one of the world's most unusual time zones — offset by 45 minutes from the nearest hour. Nepal is 15 minutes ahead of India and 15 minutes behind Bangladesh, placing it in a unique time 'bubble.' The 45-minute offset was reportedly chosen in the 1980s to distinguish Nepal from India and reflect its geographic position between the two countries' time zones. Kathmandu is 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of London.

Best time to call Kathmandu

Calling from	Recommended window
London	4:15 AM – 1:15 PM GMT
Dubai	7:45 AM – 4:45 PM GST
Singapore	11:45 AM – 8:45 PM SGT
New York	11:15 PM – 8:15 AM ET

Did you know? Nepal's UTC+5:45 offset means that scheduling a call between Kathmandu and anywhere in the world always involves an odd 15 or 45-minute component. Software developers who've worked with Nepali companies joke that Nepal's time zone is the ultimate test of a calendar application — if your app handles NPT correctly, it handles any time zone. Nepal is one of only three countries using a 45-minute offset (the others are India's UTC+5:30 neighbor and Australia's Lord Howe Island at UTC+10:30).

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