NPT to CST Converter

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NPT
Nepal Time
UTC+5:45
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CDT/CST
Central Daylight Time
UTC−5
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Central Time is on daylight saving time: CDT (UTC−5) until Sun, Nov 1.

Mexico City and Saskatchewan stay on CST (UTC−6).

Chicago · CDT (UTC−5)Mexico City, Saskatchewan · CST all year (UTC−6)

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6:00 pm18:00 NPT (UTC+5:45), Oct 17, 2026 = 7:15 am07:15 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 17, 2026

NPT is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of CDT.

NPT and CST (US winter time, UTC-6) examples

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

NPT is 11 hours and 45 minutes ahead of CST.

CST is US Central winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Chicago uses CDT (UTC-5), one hour later. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use NPT to CT. For daylight-time examples, use NPT to CDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, NPT is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, NPT is 11 hours and 45 minutes ahead of CST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NPT correspond to 10:15 pm (previous day) to 7:15 am in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NPT correspond to 9:15 pm (previous day) to 6:15 am in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NPT correspond to 22:15 (previous day) to 07:15 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NPT correspond to 21:15 (previous day) to 06:15 in CST.

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

Time Difference

Nepal Time is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Central Daylight Time.
6:00 pm18:00 in NPT is 7:15 am07:15 in CDT

NPT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:15pm-7:15pm18:15-19:15 in NPT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in CDT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

6:00 pm18:00 Nepal Time (NPT). Offset UTC +5:45 hours
7:15 am07:15 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

6:00 pm18:00 NPT / 7:15 am07:15 CDT

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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

Map of the areas on Nepal Time (NPT)
NPT all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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.

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 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, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Map of the areas on Central Standard Time (CST)
CST all year CST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time).

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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).

123456789101112End: Central Standard Time (CST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CST 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
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 -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone
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