Alrighty, I'm not picky, so I suppose we'll wait until the 18th.
So, we'll go with:
Night 1 begins on Monday, the 18th, at 2:00 pm EST.
It's about 1:40 pm EST at this post.
Here's the Time zone converter:
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
Here's a world time zone map:
http://www3.shastacollege.edu/dscoll...e_zone_map.JPG
If you need any help with the time zone issue, let me know and I'll try to help.