Nepal time now, live flip clock
One offset serves all of Nepal, NPT, UTC+5:45. Kathmandu's time ticks live in the clock at the top, seconds included.
Time zone in Nepal
Kathmandu, the capital, shares its zone with Pokhara, Bharatpur and Pātan. The table below sets Nepal's time beside other cities in Asia, Europe and North America.
- NPT, UTC+5:45
- Not observed
- Kathmandu, Pokhara, Bharatpur, Pātan
How many hours ahead or behind Kathmandu
On 25 October 2026, Kolkata is 15 minutes behind Kathmandu.
| City | Difference from Kathmandu |
|---|---|
| Kolkata | 15 minutes behind |
| Dhaka | 15 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | 2 hours 15 minutes ahead |
| Qatar | 2 hours 45 minutes behind |
| Dubai | 1 hour 45 minutes behind |
| Tokyo | 3 hours 15 minutes ahead |
| London | 4 hours 45 minutes behind |
| New York | 9 hours 45 minutes behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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Nepal's offset, step by step
- Kathmandu's mean time
- 3 min 44 s
- Nepal's entry in the time zone database opens with the local mean time of Kathmandu. Measured against today's offset, that mean time was nearly four minutes slow. The database ends it shortly after the First World War.
- From the half hour to the quarter
- 15 min
- Next, the database gives Nepal an offset on the half hour. It equals the offset India keeps today, IST, UTC+5:30. A later line moves Nepal a quarter of an hour further ahead.
Questions about time in Nepal
What time zone is Nepal in?
Nepal is on NPT, UTC+5:45. The time zone database keeps one zone for it, listed as Asia/Kathmandu. That offset sits three quarters of an hour past the whole hour. So its gap with any whole-hour zone ends in a quarter or three quarters of an hour.
Does Nepal have daylight saving time?
No. This site's time zone data holds no clock change for Nepal in any season. London's clocks do move. Through the British winter, London runs 5 hours 45 minutes behind Nepal. From late March to late October, that difference narrows by one hour.
What is the time difference between Nepal and India?
Kathmandu is 15 minutes ahead of Delhi, Mumbai and the rest of India. Neither country moves its clocks, so that small difference is the same in every month. A meeting on the hour in Delhi starts at a quarter past in Kathmandu.
What is the time difference between Nepal and the Gulf?
Kathmandu is 2 hours 45 minutes ahead of Doha and Riyadh. It is 1 hour 45 minutes ahead of Dubai. None of these places changes its clocks for summer. A shift ending at six in the evening in Doha ends at a quarter to nine in Kathmandu.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Kathmandu | NPT, UTC+5:45 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.