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Convert Nepal Time to Alaska Standard Time

Instantly convert Nepal Time (NPT) to Alaska Standard Time (AKST) with our free online calculator.

Reviewed by Christopher FloiedUpdated

Nepal Time

11:05:51 AM

Wed, Jun 24 (NPT)

Alaska Standard Time

08:20:51 PM

Tue, Jun 23 (AKST)

AKST is -14.75 hours from NPT

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24-Hour Comparison

NPTAKST
12:00 AM9.25:00 AM(-1d)
1:00 AM10.25:00 AM(-1d)
2:00 AM11.25:00 AM(-1d)
3:00 AM0.25:00 PM(-1d)
4:00 AM1.25:00 PM(-1d)
5:00 AM2.25:00 PM(-1d)
6:00 AM3.25:00 PM(-1d)
7:00 AM4.25:00 PM(-1d)
8:00 AM5.25:00 PM(-1d)
9:00 AM6.25:00 PM(-1d)
10:00 AM7.25:00 PM(-1d)
11:00 AM8.25:00 PM(-1d)
12:00 PM9.25:00 PM(-1d)
1:00 PM10.25:00 PM(-1d)
2:00 PM11.25:00 PM(-1d)
3:00 PM0.25:00 AM
4:00 PM1.25:00 AM
5:00 PM2.25:00 AM
6:00 PM3.25:00 AM
7:00 PM4.25:00 AM
8:00 PM5.25:00 AM
9:00 PM6.25:00 AM
10:00 PM7.25:00 AM
11:00 PM8.25:00 AM

How to Convert Nepal Time to Alaska Standard Time

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To convert Nepal Time (NPT) to Alaska Standard Time (AKST): Convert NPT to AKST

About Nepal Time (NPT)

Nepal Time (NPT, IANA: Asia/Kathmandu) is the civil time of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, set at UTC+5:45 — one of only three time zones in the world with a 45-minute offset (along with Chatham Islands New Zealand UTC+12:45 and Eucla Western Australia UTC+8:45). NPT does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The 45-minute offset is preserved because Nepal's central meridian (~86.5°E) is between India Standard Time (IST = UTC+5:30) and Bangladesh Standard Time (BST = UTC+6:00), and Nepal historically chose to set its civil time to the local mean solar time of the Gauri Shankar peak in eastern Nepal (a national symbolic-geography choice in 1986). The 45-minute offset has practical advantages — Nepal pilots' radio communications with regional ATC are easier to deconflict from Indian-airspace traffic clocked in IST. NPT serves approximately 30 million Nepalese people across 7 provinces. Major cities: Kathmandu (1M city, 2.7M metro — capital and gateway to Mount Everest), Pokhara (300K — gateway to Annapurna treks), Lalitpur (290K), Bharatpur (280K). Affects: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) trading hours, Mount Everest spring-summit-window climbing-permit timings, Pashupatinath Temple cremation ceremony schedules.

About Alaska Standard Time (AKST)

Alaska Standard Time (AKST, IANA: America/Anchorage and America/Juneau) is the time zone for most of the State of Alaska, set at UTC-9:00. AKST is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March per the Uniform Time Act of 1966 + Energy Policy Act of 2005; Alaska switches to Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT = UTC-8:00) for the remainder of the year. The vast Alaska time zone covers ~3,200 km east-to-west — from Ketchikan to Atka in the Aleutians — and is the only US time zone that spans more than 1,000 miles longitudinally, meaning solar-noon in different Alaska cities varies by over an hour from local clock time. Major population centers: Anchorage (~290,000), Fairbanks (~95,000), Juneau state capital (~32,000). Used in coordination of cruise-ship schedules through the Inside Passage, North Slope oil-pipeline operations, US Air Force JBER and Eielson AFB activities, and Alaska commercial fishing season openings managed by ADF&G.

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