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Nepal and the special time zone
When you arrive in Nepal from Germany, you have to change the clock. This can lead to a little confusion, because Nepal has a unique role in time zones. The country has an unusual time shift of 5 hours and 45 minutes or 4 hours and 45 minutes compared to Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). In Nepal, the time is not changed twice a year like in Germany. This time shift is indeed crooked, as most other countries have either a full hour or a half hour shift. There are several reasons why Nepal has chosen this unusual time shift: Geographical location: Nepal is in a geographical position that makes it difficult…