EST to NPT
Nepal Time is 9 hours 45 minutes ahead of Eastern Time for 238 days of the year, and takes 2 different values across the year.
EST to NPT conversion table
Every hour of the day at the difference that holds for 238 days of 2026 — 9 hours 45 minutes. See “When the difference changes” below for the rest.
| EST | NPT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:45 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 10:45 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 11:45 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 12:45 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 1:45 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 2:45 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 3:45 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 4:45 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 5:45 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 6:45 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 7:45 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 8:45 PM |
| EST | NPT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | 9:45 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 10:45 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 11:45 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 12:45 AM +1 day |
| 4:00 PM | 1:45 AM +1 day |
| 5:00 PM | 2:45 AM +1 day |
| 6:00 PM | 3:45 AM +1 day |
| 7:00 PM | 4:45 AM +1 day |
| 8:00 PM | 5:45 AM +1 day |
| 9:00 PM | 6:45 AM +1 day |
| 10:00 PM | 7:45 AM +1 day |
| 11:00 PM | 8:45 AM +1 day |
Shared working hours
They do not overlap at all. A 09:00–17:00 working day in Eastern Time ends 1 hour 45 minutes before the Nepal Time one begins, so any live call sits outside somebody's working hours.
The shortest reach is the edges: early morning in EST against late evening in NPT, or the other way round.
When the difference changes
The two zones move their clocks on different dates, so the gap takes more than one value. These are the stretches of 2026:
| Dates | NPT is | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December – 8 March | 10 hours 45 minutes ahead of | — |
| 8 March – 1 November | 9 hours 45 minutes ahead of | Eastern Time clocks go forward one hour |
| 1 November – 31 December | 10 hours 45 minutes ahead of | Eastern Time clocks go back one hour |
Dates are Eastern Time local dates for 2026. Transition dates move by a few days from year to year; the rule each country follows does not.
About Eastern Time
Eastern Time is the most populous North American zone and the one most business hours are quoted in. It is UTC−5 as EST and UTC−4 as EDT. Because it changes on US dates rather than European ones, its gap to London and to Central Europe is not constant — there are two short stretches each year when it is an hour narrower than usual, and they are the reason this pair's table has more than one row.
Cities on this clock: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa.
About Nepal Time
Nepal sits at UTC+5:45 — one of only a handful of quarter-hour offsets anywhere, and 15 minutes ahead of India. It was set to the meridian of Gaurishankar, and it means conversions from Nepal land on the quarter hour, which most conversion tables round away.
Cities on this clock: Kathmandu.
How the difference is worked out
The gap between Eastern Time and Nepal Time is not one number. The two zones change their clocks on different dates, so for part of the year the difference is 9 hours 45 minutes and for the rest it is something else — the table above lists each stretch of 2026 with the date it starts and which country's clocks moved.
With both zones on their own standard time — daylight saving not in force anywhere — Nepal Time is 10 hours 45 minutes ahead of Eastern Time. That figure never changes; everything else on this page follows from it plus whichever clocks have moved.
Every figure here comes from the IANA time zone database via your browser's own Intl engine, using the zone ids America/New_York and Asia/Kathmandu. Nothing is looked up on a server and nothing about your visit is recorded.
Is NPT ahead of or behind EST?
Nepal Time is 9 hours 45 minutes ahead of Eastern Time for 238 days of the year, and takes 2 different values across the year. The gap moves because the two zones change their clocks on different dates — on 8 March, Eastern Time clocks go forward one hour; on 1 November, Eastern Time clocks go back one hour (dates for 2026).
What time is 9 AM EST in NPT?
9:00 AM EST is 6:45 PM NPT for most of the year — see the table above for the 3 stretches of 2026 the gap holds different values.
When can Eastern Time and Nepal Time meet?
They do not overlap. A 09:00–17:00 working day in Eastern Time ends 1 hour 45 minutes before the Nepal Time one begins, so a call has to sit outside someone's working hours — early morning in Eastern Time or late evening in Nepal Time is usually the shortest reach.
What does EST stand for?
EST is Eastern Time, also written EDT, Eastern Time, New York time. Eastern Time is the most populous North American zone and the one most business hours are quoted in. It is UTC−5 as EST and UTC−4 as EDT. Because it changes on US dates rather than European ones, its gap to London and to Central Europe is not constant — there are two short stretches each year when it is an hour narrower than usual, and they are the reason this pair's table has more than one row.