CST to NPT Converter
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CST and NPT examples
These examples always use CST (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.
CST is 11 hours and 45 minutes behind NPT.
CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to NPT. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to NPT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 10 hours and 45 minutes behind NPT. At other times of the year, CST is 11 hours and 45 minutes behind NPT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:45 pm to 3:45 am (next day) in NPT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 8:45 pm to 4:45 am (next day) in NPT.
Compare CST time with NPT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 11 hours and 45 minutes behind Nepal Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 5:45 pm17:45 in NPT
CST to NPT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in CST which corresponds to 6:45pm-7:45pm in NPT
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:45 pm17:45 Nepal Time (NPT). Offset UTC +5:45 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:45 pm17:45 NPT
| CST | NPT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:45 am |
| 1am | 12:45 pm |
| 2am | 1:45 pm |
| 3am | 2:45 pm |
| 4am | 3:45 pm |
| 5am | 4:45 pm |
| 6am | 5:45 pm |
| 7am | 6:45 pm |
| 8am | 7:45 pm |
| 9am | 8:45 pm |
| 10am | 9:45 pm |
| 11am | 10:45 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:45 pm |
| 1pm | 12:45 am |
| 2pm | 1:45 am |
| 3pm | 2:45 am |
| 4pm | 3:45 am |
| 5pm | 4:45 am |
| 6pm | 5:45 am |
| 7pm | 6:45 am |
| 8pm | 7:45 am |
| 9pm | 8:45 am |
| 10pm | 9:45 am |
| 11pm | 10:45 am |
| 00:00 | 11:45 |
| 01:00 | 12:45 |
| 02:00 | 13:45 |
| 03:00 | 14:45 |
| 04:00 | 15:45 |
| 05:00 | 16:45 |
| 06:00 | 17:45 |
| 07:00 | 18:45 |
| 08:00 | 19:45 |
| 09:00 | 20:45 |
| 10:00 | 21:45 |
| 11:00 | 22:45 |
| 12:00 | 23:45 |
| 13:00 | 00:45 |
| 14:00 | 01:45 |
| 15:00 | 02:45 |
| 16:00 | 03:45 |
| 17:00 | 04:45 |
| 18:00 | 05:45 |
| 19:00 | 06:45 |
| 20:00 | 07:45 |
| 21:00 | 08:45 |
| 22:00 | 09:45 |
| 23:00 | 10:45 |
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -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 west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Nepal Time
Offset: NPT is 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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, Patan, Birganj, Biratnagar.
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.
NPT representations, usage and related time zones
- +0545 - basic
- +05:45 - extended
- +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.