Time in Nepal now
5:49PMUTC+5:45
UTC+5:45+10 h 45 min vs New York (you)Asia/Kathmandu
No clock changes: Nepal stays on UTC+5:45 all year.
Time zone in Nepal
Nepal uses a single time zone: UTC+5:45 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Its offset, UTC+5:45, is not a whole number of hours, so the minutes differ too when you compare Nepal with most of the world. No other zone in the database uses UTC+5:45.
Kathmandu lies at 85.3° east, where mean solar time is UTC+5:41 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 4 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Nepal
No. Nepal stays on UTC+5:45 all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.
Clock history of Nepal
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+5:41 in Kathmandu), which ended on December 31, 1919, when UTC+5:30 replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Nepal year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Kathmandu.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1985 | UTC+5:30 all year | — |
| 1986 onward | UTC+5:45 all year | — |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Wednesday, January 1, 1986, from UTC+5:30 to UTC+5:45.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Nepal time
Time difference between Nepal and major cities
| City | Local time now | Nepal vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +10 h 45 min | +10 h 45 min | +9 h 45 min | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +13 h 45 min | +13 h 45 min | +12 h 45 min | none / none |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h 45 min | +5 h 45 min | +4 h 45 min | 2 h 15 min / 3 h 15 min |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h 45 min | +4 h 45 min | +3 h 45 min | 3 h 15 min / 4 h 15 min |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h 45 min | +1 h 45 min | +1 h 45 min | 6 h 15 min / 6 h 15 min |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +0 h 15 min | +15 min | +15 min | 7 h 45 min / 7 h 45 min |
| Singapore | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h 15 min | −2 h 15 min | −2 h 15 min | 5 h 45 min / 5 h 45 min |
| Beijing | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h 15 min | −2 h 15 min | −2 h 15 min | 5 h 45 min / 5 h 45 min |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h 15 min | −3 h 15 min | −3 h 15 min | 4 h 45 min / 4 h 45 min |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Nepal’s office hours overlap yours today.
Nepal and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Nepal, it is 10:15 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 6:45 PM in Nepal is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Nepal overlaps London’s for 2 h 15 min in January (2:45 PM–5:00 PM Nepal time), 3 h 15 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Nepal it is 3:15 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Nepal overlaps New Delhi’s for 7 h 45 min in January (9:15 AM–5:00 PM Nepal time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Nepal it is 8:45 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Kathmandu and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patna India | 240 km | 5:34 PM IST | −0 h 15 min |
| Thimphu Bhutan | 430 km | 6:04 PM UTC+6 | +0 h 15 min |
| Lahore Pakistan | 1,140 km | 5:04 PM PKT | −0 h 45 min |
| Mandalay Myanmar | 1,260 km | 6:34 PM UTC+6:30 | +0 h 45 min |
| Kabul Afghanistan | 1,710 km | 4:34 PM UTC+4:30 | −1 h 15 min |
| Kunming China | 1,760 km | 8:04 PM CST | +2 h 15 min |
Same clock as Nepal
These places keep exactly the same time as Nepal all year under the current rules.
Cities in Nepal
Nepal at a glance
- CapitalKathmandu
- Population29,618,118
- Time zone IDAsia/Kathmandu
- Standard timeUTC+5:45
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+977