Mapping global time zones

misslily India's half-hour compromise

misslily Extreme time zone anomalies

Yesterday is here / Tomorrow's over there / Right across the waves!

misslily Nepal's unique 45-minute offset

misslily Nepal's time zone is offset by 45 minutes to align with a sacred mountain peak.

misslily India uses a single time zone offset by 30 minutes to balance its eastern and western regions.

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Fun Fact

Nepal's mountain time: Nepal's time zone is UTC+5:45, precisely calibrated to the solar time of Gauri Sankar, a sacred mountain peak.

Glossary

time zone (noun)
A geographic region in which the same standard time is used. To unify its islands, Kiribati shifted the date line in 1994, creating a UTC+14 time zone.

Gossip

Would you prefer a 30-minute time zone offset?

Quiz

What is the time zone offset of the remote Australian town of Eucla?

misslily China's massive single time zone

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What mountain's solar meridian is used to calculate Nepal's official time?

misslily The tri-point border time jumps

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Which European country actually spans 12 time zones, the most of any nation on Earth?

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Which country has a unique time zone offset that ends in 45 minutes?

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What is the official time zone offset used across the entire nation of India?

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How many geographical time zones does China actually span, despite only using one?

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How many consecutive time zones does Russia span across its mainland?

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Which border crossing features the world's largest single time jump of 3.5 hours?