Paraguay
PYST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Asuncion time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

PYST (Paraguay Summer Time) is 2 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
9:00 am09:00 in Asuncion, Paraguay is 7:00 am07:00 in EST

Asunción to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in Asunción which corresponds to 9am-3pm in EST

9:00 am09:00 PYST (Paraguay Summer Time) (Asuncion, Paraguay). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 Asuncion, Paraguay / 7:00 am07:00 EST

Asuncion, ParaguayEST
12am (midnight)10pm
1am11pm
2am12am (midnight)
3am1am
4am2am
5am3am
6am4am
7am5am
8am6am
9am7am
10am8am
11am9am
12pm (noon)10am
1pm11am
2pm12pm (noon)
3pm1pm
4pm2pm
5pm3pm
6pm4pm
7pm5pm
8pm6pm
9pm7pm
10pm8pm
11pm9pm
00:0022:00
01:0023:00
02:0000:00
03:0001:00
04:0002:00
05:0003:00
06:0004:00
07:0005:00
08:0006:00
09:0007:00
10:0008:00
11:0009:00
12:0010:00
13:0011:00
14:0012:00
15:0013:00
16:0014:00
17:0015:00
18:0016:00
19:0017:00
20:0018:00
21:0019:00
22:0020:00
23:0021:00

Asunción Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-3:00 hours during Paraguay Summer Time, currently in use.

Asunción Facts

Country
Paraguay
Alternative Names
ASU, Asounsion, Asounsyon, Asounsyòn, Asounthion, Assumptio, Assuncao, Assuncion, Assunção, Asuncion, Asunciono, Asunción, Asuns'jon, Asuns'on, Asunsaun, Asunsion, Asunsjon, Asunsjona, Asunsjonas, Asunson, Asunsyon, Asunsyun, Asúnsjón, Gunung Berapi Asuncion, La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asuncion, La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción, Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asuncion, Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción, Paraguay, acunciyon, asnshn, asunshion, asunsion, asunsioni, asunsiyona, asusi'ona, aswnsywn, xa sun si xxng, ya song sen, Ασουνθιόν, Ασουνσιόν, Асунсион, Асунсьйон, Асунсьон, Асунсьён, Ասունսյոն, אסונסיאן, אסונסיון, آسونسیون, أسونسيون, ئاسۇنسىئون, اسنشن, اسونسیون, आसुन्सियोन, ਅਸੂੰਸੀਓਨ, அசுன்சியோன், ಅಸೂನ್‌ಸಿಯಾನ್, อะซุนซิออง, ཨ་སུན་སི་འན།, ასუნსიონი, አሱንሲዮን, アスンシオン, 亞松森, 아순시온
Population
1,482,200
Currency
Guarani (PYG)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 17' S Latitude / 57° 38' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+595

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone