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Time in Pakistan now

5:06PMPKT

PKTUTC+5+10 h vs New York (you)Asia/Karachi

No clock changes: Pakistan stays on PKT (UTC+5) all year.

Time zone in Pakistan

Pakistan uses a single time zone: Pakistan Standard Time (PKT, UTC+5) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Islamabad lies at 73.0° east, where mean solar time is UTC+4:52 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 8 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.

Daylight saving time in Pakistan

No. Pakistan does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2009, after 3 years with summer time since 1970.

Clock history of Pakistan

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+4:28 in Karachi), which ended on December 31, 1906, when UTC+5:30 replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 3 of the 55 years, most recently in 2009. The first summer time in the record dates from 1942. The table summarises the clocks of Pakistan year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Karachi.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–2001UTC+5 all yearPKT
2002UTC+5 in winter, UTC+6 in summerPKT, PKST
2003–2007UTC+5 all yearPKT
2008–2009UTC+5 in winter, UTC+6 in summerPKT, PKST
2010 onwardUTC+5 all yearPKT

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Pakistan time

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Time difference between Pakistan and major cities

CityLocal time nowPakistan vs city nowJanuaryJulyOffice overlap Jan / Jul
New York 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 +10 h +10 h +9 h none / none
Los Angeles 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 +13 h +13 h +12 h none / none
London 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 +5 h +5 h +4 h 3 h / 4 h
Berlin 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 +4 h +4 h +3 h 4 h / 5 h
Dubai 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 +1 h +1 h +1 h 7 h / 7 h
New Delhi 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 −0 h 30 min −30 min −30 min 7 h 30 min / 7 h 30 min
Singapore 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 −3 h −3 h −3 h 5 h / 5 h
Beijing 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 −3 h −3 h −3 h 5 h / 5 h
Tokyo 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 −4 h −4 h −4 h 4 h / 4 h

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Pakistan’s office hours overlap yours today.

Pakistan and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Pakistan, it is 11:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 6:00 PM in Pakistan is 8:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Pakistan overlaps London’s for 3 h in January (2:00 PM–5:00 PM Pakistan time), 4 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Pakistan it is 4:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Pakistan overlaps New Delhi’s for 7 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–4:30 PM Pakistan time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Pakistan it is 9:30 AM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Islamabad and the difference now.

CityDistanceTime nowTheir clock vs here
Srinagar India 170 km 5:36 PM IST +0 h 30 min
Kabul Afghanistan 370 km 4:36 PM UTC+4:30 −0 h 30 min
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 1,030 km 6:06 PM UTC+6 +1 h
Mashhad Iran 1,260 km 3:36 PM UTC+3:30 −1 h 30 min
Kathmandu Nepal 1,350 km 5:51 PM UTC+5:45 +0 h 45 min
Muscat Oman 1,820 km 4:06 PM UTC+4 −1 h

Same clock as Pakistan

These places keep exactly the same time as Pakistan all year under the current rules (zones Antarctica/Mawson, Antarctica/Vostok, Asia/Almaty, Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe and 10 more).

Cities in Pakistan

Pakistan at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Pakistan now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Pakistan is on UTC+5 all year, 10 hours ahead of New York in January and 9 hours ahead of New York in July.
What time zone is Pakistan in?
Pakistan uses Pakistan Standard Time (PKT, UTC+5) all year. Its IANA time zone ID is Asia/Karachi.

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