NPT to EST Converter
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NPT and EST examples
These examples always use NPT (UTC+5:45) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
NPT is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of EST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use NPT to ET. For daylight-time examples, use NPT to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, NPT is 9 hours and 45 minutes ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, NPT is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NPT correspond to 11:15 pm (previous day) to 7:15 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NPT correspond to 10:15 pm (previous day) to 6:15 am in EST.
Compare NPT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Nepal Time is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time
6:00 pm18:00 in NPT is 7:15 am07:15 in EST
NPT to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:45pm-6:45pm in NPT which corresponds to 7am-8am in EST
6:00 pm18:00 Nepal Time (NPT). Offset UTC +5:45 hours
7:15 am07:15 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 NPT / 7:15 am07:15 EST
| NPT | EST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 1:15 pm |
| 1am | 2:15 pm |
| 2am | 3:15 pm |
| 3am | 4:15 pm |
| 4am | 5:15 pm |
| 5am | 6:15 pm |
| 6am | 7:15 pm |
| 7am | 8:15 pm |
| 8am | 9:15 pm |
| 9am | 10:15 pm |
| 10am | 11:15 pm |
| 11am | 12:15 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 1:15 am |
| 1pm | 2:15 am |
| 2pm | 3:15 am |
| 3pm | 4:15 am |
| 4pm | 5:15 am |
| 5pm | 6:15 am |
| 6pm | 7:15 am |
| 7pm | 8:15 am |
| 8pm | 9:15 am |
| 9pm | 10:15 am |
| 10pm | 11:15 am |
| 11pm | 12:15 pm |
| 00:00 | 13:15 |
| 01:00 | 14:15 |
| 02:00 | 15:15 |
| 03:00 | 16:15 |
| 04:00 | 17:15 |
| 05:00 | 18:15 |
| 06:00 | 19:15 |
| 07:00 | 20:15 |
| 08:00 | 21:15 |
| 09:00 | 22:15 |
| 10:00 | 23:15 |
| 11:00 | 00:15 |
| 12:00 | 01:15 |
| 13:00 | 02:15 |
| 14:00 | 03:15 |
| 15:00 | 04:15 |
| 16:00 | 05:15 |
| 17:00 | 06:15 |
| 18:00 | 07:15 |
| 19:00 | 08:15 |
| 20:00 | 09:15 |
| 21:00 | 10:15 |
| 22:00 | 11:15 |
| 23:00 | 12:15 |
Nepal Time
Offset: NPT is 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Nepal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NPT time zone is Kathmandu in Nepal, with about 1.442 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Pokhara, Patan, Biratnagar, Birganj.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Nepal Time (NPT) do not change for daylight saving time, so NPT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
NPT representations, usage and related time zones
- +0545 - basic
- +05:45 - extended
- +0545 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (45) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and forty-five minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone