Convert CEST to NPT
NPT is 3 hours 45 minutes ahead of CEST. CEST is UTC+2 and NPT is UTC+5:45.
Right now: CEST · NPT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 5 hours: 9:00 AM–2:00 PM CEST (12:00 PM–5:00 PM NPT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| CEST | NPT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 12:45 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 1:45 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 2:45 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 3:45 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 4:45 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 5:45 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 6:45 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 7:45 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 8:45 PM | outside 9–5 |
CEST to NPT conversion table
| CEST | NPT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:45 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 4:45 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 5:45 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 6:45 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 7:45 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 8:45 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 9:45 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 10:45 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 11:45 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 12:45 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:45 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 2:45 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:45 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 4:45 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 5:45 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:45 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 7:45 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 8:45 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:45 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 10:45 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 11:45 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:45 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 1:45 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 2:45 AM (next day) |
About CEST
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is UTC+2. It is used in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome from late March to late October.
Central European Summer Time is UTC+2, in force from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The European changeover happens at 01:00 UTC everywhere simultaneously, unlike the US which changes at 2am local time in each zone — so Europe's internal offsets never break during the transition, while North America's briefly do.
About NPT
Nepal Time (NPT) is UTC+5:45. It is used in Nepal, all year.
Nepal Time is UTC+5:45 — the only zone in the world offset by three quarters of an hour, set so that noon falls over Kathmandu rather than over the Indian meridian fifteen minutes away. It breaks almost every piece of software that stores offsets in whole or half hours, and it is fifteen minutes ahead of India rather than the round number people assume.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on CEST switches to CET (UTC+1) from late October to late March. So the 3.75-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
NPT does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in NPT will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM CEST in NPT?
9:00 AM CEST is 12:45 PM NPT.
Is NPT ahead of CEST?
NPT is 3 hours 45 minutes ahead of CEST.
Which time zone does this use?
CEST is UTC+2 and NPT is UTC+5:45. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.