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Land in Kathmandu and you don't just change time zones — you join one of the only places on Earth with a 45-minute offset, fixed to the exact minute…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 29, 2026
Set your phone to auto-update the moment you land in Kathmandu and you'll likely see something odd: not a clean hour or half-hour jump, but a shift of five hours and forty-five minutes from GMT — or, if you've flown in from India, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, a…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
What this means for trekkers The fifteen minutes are not just trivia — they trip up real travel plans. Domestic Lukla flights for the Everest region leave at first light, before the Khumbu's afternoon winds pick up, and international connections through…
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