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9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 15, 2026 = 5:45 pm17:45 NPT (UTC+5:45), Oct 15, 2026

KST is 3 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Kathmandu.

How the time difference changes

KST is 3 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Kathmandu year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in KST correspond to 5:45 am to 2:45 pm in Kathmandu.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in KST correspond to 05:45 to 14:45 in Kathmandu.

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

Time Difference

Korea Standard Time is 3 hours and 15 minutes ahead of NPT (Nepal Time).
9:00 pm21:00 in KST is 5:45 pm17:45 in Kathmandu, Nepal

KST to Kathmandu call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:15pm-6pm12:15-18:00 in KST which corresponds to 9am-2:45pm09:00-14:45 in Kathmandu

9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:45 pm17:45 NPT (Nepal Time) (Kathmandu, Nepal). Offset UTC +5:45 hours

9:00 pm21:00 KST / 5:45 pm17:45 Kathmandu, Nepal

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Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.

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

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for KST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects KST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK
KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

Kathmandu Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
NPT – Nepal Time, UTC+5:45 (no daylight saving time)

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