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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

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9:00 am09:00 PYST (UTC-3), Oct 15, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 15, 2026

Asunción is 1 hour ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Asuncion is 1 hour ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Asuncion is 2 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Asuncion correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Asuncion correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Asuncion correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Asuncion correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in EST.

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

Time Difference

PYST (Paraguay Summer Time) is 1 hour ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
9:00 am09:00 in Asuncion, Paraguay is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Asunción to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Asunción which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EDT

9:00 am09:00 PYST (Paraguay Summer Time) (Asuncion, Paraguay). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 Asuncion, Paraguay / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Asunción Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
PYST – Paraguay Summer Time, UTC-3 (no daylight saving time)

Asunción Facts

Country
Paraguay
Alternative Names
ASU, Asounsion, Asounsyon, Asounsyòn, Asounthion, Assumptio, Assuncao, Assuncion, Assunção, Asuncion, Asunciono, Asunción, Asuns'jon, Asuns'on, Asunsaun, Asunsion, Asunsjon, Asunsjona, Asunsjonas, Asunson, Asunsyon, Asunsyun, Asúnsjón, Gunung Berapi Asuncion, La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asuncion, La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción, Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asuncion, Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción, Paraguay, acunciyon, asnshn, asunshion, asunsion, asunsioni, asunsiyona, asusi'ona, aswnsywn, xa sun si xxng, ya song sen, Ασουνθιόν, Ασουνσιόν, Асунсион, Асунсьйон, Асунсьон, Асунсьён, Ասունսյոն, אסונסיאן, אסונסיון, آسونسیون, أسونسيون, ئاسۇنسىئون, اسنشن, اسونسیون, आसुन्सियोन, ਅਸੂੰਸੀਓਨ, அசுன்சியோன், ಅಸೂನ್‌ಸಿಯಾನ್, อะซุนซิออง, ཨ་སུན་སི་འན།, ასუნსიონი, አሱንሲዮን, アスンシオン, 亞松森, 아순시온
Population
1,482,200
Currency
Guarani (PYG)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 17' S Latitude / 57° 38' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+595

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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 upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone