Nepal Standard Time

{{Short description|Time zone}} {{Distinguish|text = Newfoundland Standard Time (NST)}} {{Infobox time zone|offset=+05:45|initials=NPT|dst use=none}} [[File:IST-CIA-TZ.png|thumb|Time zones of South Asia, with Nepal Standard Time indicated]]

'''Nepal Standard Time''' ('''NPT''') is the time zone for Nepal.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief Legal History of Time: Part One of Two |url=http://www.bna.com/part-one-two-n57982065980/ |publisher=Bloomberg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190415013739/https://www.bna.com/part-one-two-n57982065980/|archive-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal,<ref name=nep>{{cite web |last=Gurung |first=Trishna |title=15 minutes of fame |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/155/Heritage/10013 |work=Nepali Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725100005/http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/155/Heritage/10013 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/nepal/kathmandu |language=en |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.<ref group="n">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.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-interesting.html |title=Half Hour and 45-Minute Time Zones |website=www.timeanddate.com}}</ref>

==Calculation==

NPT is an approximation of Kathmandu mean time, which is 5 hours, 41 minutes, and 16 seconds ahead of UTC. The standard meridian passes through the peak of Gaurishankar mountain about {{convert|100|km}} east of Kathmandu.<ref name=nep />

==History== Nepal used local solar time until the year 1920, in Kathmandu UTC+05:41:16. In 1920, Nepal adopted Indian Standard Time, UTC+05:30. In 1986 Nepal advanced their clocks by 15 minutes, giving them a time zone of UTC+05:45.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/nepal/kathmandu |title=Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal |website=www.timeanddate.com}}</ref>

==IANA time zone database== The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Nepal in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Kathmandu.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== Notes == {{reflist|group=n}}<references group="n" /> ==External links== *[https://worlddatetime.com/time/Nepal Current time in Nepal] *[https://barala.com.np/nepaltime.php Nepali Time & calendar for both PC & Web] *[https://www.ashesh.com.np/nepali-time.php Nepali Time] *[https://www.nepalitime.com/ Nepali Time]

*[https://www.nepalidatetoday.com/ Nepali Date Today]

Category:Time zones Category:Time in Nepal