Time Zone History

Nepal time zone history

Its standard time, UTC+5:45, is one of only 14 offsets among the 312 zones that are not a whole number of hours from UTC. On standard time, clocks in Kathmandu run 4 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+5:45

Standard time is UTC+5:45 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Asia/Kathmandu

Convert a time from Nepal

Once a new standard time since 1970

UTC+5:30, UTC+5:41:16: behind today’s standard timeUTC+5:45: today’s standard timeUTC+5:30, UTC+5:41:16: behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+5:45: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1920Local mean time (UTC+5:41:16) replacedUTC+5:30numeric only
Since 1970
January 1, 1986Standard time forward 15 minutesUTC+5:45numeric only

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Bhutan (428 km): usually 15 minutes ahead; different on 6,482 days in 1970–1987.
  • India (653 km): usually 15 minutes behind; different on 5,844 days in 1970–1985.
  • Bangladesh (677 km): usually 15 minutes ahead; different on 6,039 days in 1970–1985 and 2009.
  • Myanmar (1,649 km): usually 45 minutes ahead; different on 5,844 days in 1970–1985.
  • Afghanistan (1,708 km): usually 1 hour 15 minutes behind; different on 5,844 days in 1970–1985.