Nepal · NPT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Pokhara, Nepal runs on UTC+5:45. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:45 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 9.8-hour difference between Pokhara and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 4.8-hour difference between Pokhara and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4.3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 13:45–18:00 in Pokhara lines up with 09:00–13:15 in London. There is a 3.3-hour difference between Pokhara and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5.8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:45 in Pokhara lines up with 12:15–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Kathmandu. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Pokhara.
Practical Info
Pokhara (Nepal) is home to roughly 520K people. Today brings about 13.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5:45 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 28° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Nepal
Capital
Kathmandu
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
NPT · Asia/Katmandu
Coordinates
28.21°N, 83.99°E
Currency
NPR (रू)
Calling Code
+977
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Nepali
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Pokhara sits at around 820 metres, and Annapurna I rises to 8,091 metres about 45 km away — one of the steepest elevation gains over such a short horizontal distance anywhere on Earth. Annapurna also has the highest fatality rate of any 8,000-metre peak.
The clock: Nepal keeps UTC+5:45, the only 45-minute offset in the world, set deliberately to the meridian of Gaurishankar mountain.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6.3h overlap