NPT to IST: NPT is 15 minutes ahead of IST
Nepal Time is 15 minutes ahead of India Standard Time, on every day of the year. It is 6:45 am NPT in Nepal and 6:30 am IST in India.
Convert a specific time from NPT to IST
Pick any time and date to convert it both ways. The conversion runs in your browser against the real zone rules, so a date inside a daylight saving period gets that period's offset rather than today's.
What is the time difference between NPT and IST?
India Standard Time is 15 minutes behind Nepal Time. To go from NPT to IST you subtract 15 minutes. That gap holds on all 365 days of 2026: neither zone moves its clocks.
NPT to IST conversion table
Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026 in Nepal, with the matching reading in India. 1 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in India, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| NPT | NPT 24h | IST | IST 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 11:45 pm | 23:45 | the previous day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 12:45 am | 00:45 | same day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 1:45 am | 01:45 | same day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 2:45 am | 02:45 | same day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 3:45 am | 03:45 | same day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 4:45 am | 04:45 | same day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 5:45 am | 05:45 | same day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 6:45 am | 06:45 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 7:45 am | 07:45 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 8:45 am | 08:45 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 9:45 am | 09:45 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 10:45 am | 10:45 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 11:45 am | 11:45 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 12:45 pm | 12:45 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 1:45 pm | 13:45 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 2:45 pm | 14:45 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 3:45 pm | 15:45 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 4:45 pm | 16:45 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 5:45 pm | 17:45 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 6:45 pm | 18:45 | same day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 7:45 pm | 19:45 | same day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 8:45 pm | 20:45 | same day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 9:45 pm | 21:45 | same day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 10:45 pm | 22:45 | same day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between NPT and IST?
7 hours of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 10:00 am NPT to 5:00 pm NPT. In India that window reads 9:45 am to 4:45 pm. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| NPT | IST | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am | 9:45 am | both sides | mid morning in Nepal, mid morning in India |
| 11:00 am | 10:45 am | both sides | mid morning in Nepal, mid morning in India |
| 12:00 pm | 11:45 am | both sides | noon in Nepal, mid morning in India |
| 1:00 pm | 12:45 pm | both sides | afternoon in Nepal, noon in India |
| 2:00 pm | 1:45 pm | both sides | afternoon in Nepal, afternoon in India |
| 3:00 pm | 2:45 pm | both sides | afternoon in Nepal, afternoon in India |
| 4:00 pm | 3:45 pm | both sides | afternoon in Nepal, afternoon in India |
Does daylight saving change NPT to IST?
Nepal Time does not move its clocks at all, so its UTC+5:45 offset holds every day of the year.
India Standard Time does not move its clocks at all, so its UTC+5:30 offset holds every day of the year.
Is NPT ahead of or behind IST?
NPT is ahead of IST by 15 minutes: when it is 12:00 pm in Nepal, it is 11:45 am in India. Neither Nepal Time nor India Standard Time observes daylight saving, so the abbreviations never change and the gap between them is fixed.
Nepal Time covers the only national zone on a 45 minute offset. India Standard Time covers the whole of India on a single half hour offset. The identifiers behind them are Asia/Kathmandu and Asia/Kolkata, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is NPT in IST?
- NPT is 15 minutes ahead of IST. 9:00 am NPT is 8:45 am IST.
- How many hours ahead is IST of NPT?
- IST is 15 minutes behind NPT.
- What time is it in India right now?
- 6:30 am IST on Friday, September 25, 2026.
- When can Nepal and India meet during working hours?
- Between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm NPT, which is 9:45 am to 4:45 pm IST.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so NPT and IST are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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