There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
The 11.75-hour offset between Austin and Kathmandu means there's no point hunting for a 9-to-5 overlap — there isn't one. Expect compromise: someone in Austin or Kathmandu will need to take the call outside the usual 9-to-5, so share that load. Remember that Austin shifts for daylight saving and Kathmandu doesn't, so recalculate the overlap after each clock change.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Kathmandu Asia/Kathmandu |
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