Nepal Standard Time
Nepal Standard Time is the time zone for Nepal. With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time of all over Nepal, it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.
NPT is an approximation of Kathmandu mean time, which is 5:41:16 ahead of UTC. The standard meridian passes through the peak of Gaurishankar mountain about east of Kathmandu.
Nepal used local solar time until 1920, in Kathmandu UTC+05:41:16. In 1920, Nepal adopted Indian Standard Time,. In 1986 Nepal advanced their clocks by 15 minutes, giving them a time zone of.
