CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Nepal
NPT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

China Standard Time is 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of NPT (Nepal Time)
8:00 pm20:00 in CST is 5:45 pm17:45 in Kathmandu, Nepal

CST to Kathmandu call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:15am-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-2:45pm in Kathmandu

8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:45 pm17:45 NPT (Nepal Time) (Kathmandu, Nepal). Offset UTC +5:45 hours

8:00 pm20:00 CST / 5:45 pm17:45 Kathmandu, Nepal

CSTKathmandu, Nepal
12am (midnight)9:45 pm
1am10:45 pm
2am11:45 pm
3am12:45 am
4am1:45 am
5am2:45 am
6am3:45 am
7am4:45 am
8am5:45 am
9am6:45 am
10am7:45 am
11am8:45 am
12pm (noon)9:45 am
1pm10:45 am
2pm11:45 am
3pm12:45 pm
4pm1:45 pm
5pm2:45 pm
6pm3:45 pm
7pm4:45 pm
8pm5:45 pm
9pm6:45 pm
10pm7:45 pm
11pm8:45 pm
00:0021:45
01:0022:45
02:0023:45
03:0000:45
04:0001:45
05:0002:45
06:0003:45
07:0004:45
08:0005:45
09:0006:45
10:0007:45
11:0008:45
12:0009:45
13:0010:45
14:0011:45
15:0012:45
16:0013:45
17:0014:45
18:0015:45
19:0016:45
20:0017:45
21:0018:45
22:0019:45
23:0020:45

China Standard Time

Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

Kathmandu Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
NPT - Nepal Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:45 hours during Nepal Time, currently in use.

Kathmandu Facts

Country
Nepal
Alternative Names
Catmandu, Catmandum, KTM, Kantipur, Kantipura, Katemandu, Kathmandau, Kathmandou, Kathmandu, Katmando, Katmandoe, Katmandou, Katmandu, Katmanduo, Katmandó, Katmandú, Katmandû, Katmandū, Katmantou, Khatmandu, Káthmandu, Káthmándú, jia de man dou, kateumandu, kath manthu, kathamadaum, kathamadaum mahanagarapalika, kathamadu, kathamandu, kathmandu, katmandw, katmandww, katmantu, katomanzu, qtmndw, yem jilla, Κατμαντού, Катманду, Կատմանդու, קאטמאנדו, קטמנדו, كاتماندو, كاتماندۇ, کاتماندو, کاتماندوو, کھٹمنڈو, काठमांडू, काठमाडौं, काठमाडौं महानगरपालिका, काठमाण्डू, येँ जिल्ला, কাঠমাণ্ডু, কাঠমান্ডু, ਕਠਮੰਡੂ, કાઠમંડુ, କାଠମାଣ୍ଡୁ, காட்மாண்டு, కాఠ్మండు, ಕಠ್ಮಂಡು, കാഠ്മണ്ഡു, කත්මන්ඩු, กาฐมาณฑุ, ཀ་ཏ་མན་ཏ།, ཀ་ཏ་མན་ཏུ།, კატმანდუ, ካትማንዱ, カトマンズ, 加德滿都, 카트만두
Population
1,442,271
Currency
Rupee (NPR)
Geographic Coordinates
27° 42' N Latitude / 85° 19' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+977