Need help having a countdown JS script countdown from EST and not the local computer time

Question

I am writing a HTML embed that displays a countdown for wednesday at 20:30 EST. Everytime it hits that date and time it will set the date to the following wednesday and start counting down the date. The issue is that I am using the .getTime() function to grab the current time. That function will grab the local computer time and I need the script to compare to Eastern Standard Time instead of the local time so the countdown is the same regardless where in the world you are.

Code with .getTime()

 <script>
  
    var countDownDate = new Date("Jan 25, 2023 20:30:00").getTime();


    var x = setInterval(countdown, 1000);

    function countdown(){
   
      var now = new Date().getTime();

      
      var distance = countDownDate - now;


      var days = Math.floor(distance / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
      var hours = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
      var minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
      var seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);


        
        document.getElementById("days").innerHTML = days;
        document.getElementById("hours").innerHTML = hours;
        document.getElementById("mins").innerHTML = minutes;
        document.getElementById("secs").innerHTML = seconds;
        
     
      if (distance < 0) {
        resetCountdown();
      }
    }

    function resetCountdown(){
      clearInterval(x);
      var nextWednesday = new Date();
      nextWednesday.setDate(nextWednesday.getDate() + (3 + 7 - nextWednesday.getDay()) % 7);
      nextWednesday.setHours(20);
        nextWednesday.setMinutes(30);
  countDownDate = nextWednesday.getTime();
  x = setInterval(countdown, 1000);
}
  </script>

I tried to use .getUTCDate() and similar functions and wasn't having any luck.

function resetCountdown(){
      clearInterval(x);
      var nextWednesday = new Date();
      nextWednesday.setUTCDate(nextWednesday.getUTCDate() + (3 + 7 - nextWednesday.getUTCDay()) % 7);
      nextWednesday.setUTCHours(20);
      nextWednesday.setUTCMinutes(30);
      countDownDate = nextWednesday.getTime();
      x = setInterval(countdown, 1000);
    }