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6:00 pm18:00 BST (UTC+6), Nov 8, 2026 = 5:45 pm17:45 NPT (UTC+5:45), Nov 8, 2026

BST is 15 minutes ahead of NPT.

BST and NPT examples

These examples always use BST (UTC+6) and NPT (UTC+5:45). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

BST is 15 minutes ahead of NPT.

How the time difference changes

BST Asia is 15 minutes ahead of NPT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST Asia correspond to 8:45 am to 5:45 pm in NPT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST Asia correspond to 08:45 to 17:45 in NPT.

Compare BST time with NPT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Bangladesh Standard Time is 15 minutes ahead of Nepal Time.
6:00 pm18:00 in BST is 5:45 pm17:45 in NPT

BST to NPT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:15am-6pm09:15-18:00 in BST which corresponds to 9am-5:45pm09:00-17:45 in NPT.

6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
5:45 pm17:45 Nepal Time (NPT). Offset UTC +5:45 hours

6:00 pm18:00 BST / 5:45 pm17:45 NPT

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Bangladesh Standard Time

Offset: BST is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bangladesh

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is Dhaka in Bangladesh, with about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna, Rangpur.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) do not change for daylight saving time, so BST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +06 - basic short
  • +0600 - basic
  • +06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BST
  • F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +6 offset:
  • BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
  • BDT - Bangladesh Time
  • BTT - Bhutan Time
  • F - Foxtrot Time Zone
  • IOT - Indian Chagos Time
  • KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
  • OMST - Omsk Standard Time
  • XJT - Xinjiang Time
  • YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time

Nepal Time

Offset: NPT is 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Bharatpur, Pātan, Birgañj.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Current time in Nepal: Nepal time now

NPT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0545 - basic
  • +05:45 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.