UTC+5 time now

6:41PM

UTC+5

+10 h vs New York (you)PKT

About UTC+5

UTC+5 is 5 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time: when it is noon UTC, it is 5:00 PM at UTC+5.

16 zones keep UTC+5 all year, covering 9 countries or territories: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Maldives, French Southern Territories and Antarctica.

For a fixed offset in software, tzdata provides Etc/GMT-5; note the inverted sign of these POSIX-style names.

Abbreviations for UTC+5: PKT (Pakistan Standard Time).

UTC+5 and the sun

Across the large cities that keep UTC+5 all year, the clock runs 30 minutes behind mean solar time in Ust-Kamenogorsk (82.6°) and 94 minutes ahead of it in Oral (51.4°). The offset’s own meridian is 75° east: the further a city lies from it, the further its clocks drift from the sun.

Neighbouring offsets: UTC+4:30 (Kabul) and UTC+5:30 (Mumbai and Colombo).

Zones that moved to or from UTC+5 since 1970

Changes of the winter (standard) offset recorded in tzdata; ordinary seasonal daylight saving changes are not counted:

Since when UTC+5 has been used

The tzdata record of each zone that keeps UTC+5 as its standard time, with the date it moved to UTC+5 and the time it kept before. The earliest is Lahore, on UTC+5 since Sunday, September 30, 1951; the most recent is Kostanay, since Friday, March 1, 2024.

ZoneOn UTC+5 sinceBefore
Lahore Asia/KarachiSunday, September 30, 1951UTC+5:30
Male Indian/MaldivesFriday, January 1, 1960UTC+4:54 (MMT)
Samarkand Asia/SamarkandFriday, October 1, 1982UTC+6
Dushanbe Asia/DushanbeMonday, September 9, 1991UTC+6
Tashkent Asia/TashkentSunday, September 29, 1991UTC+6
Ashgabat Asia/AshgabatSunday, January 19, 1992UTC+4
Aktobe Asia/AqtobeSunday, January 19, 1992UTC+4
Oral Asia/OralSunday, October 31, 2004UTC+4
Atyrau Asia/AtyrauSunday, October 31, 2004UTC+4
Aktau Asia/AqtauSunday, October 31, 2004UTC+4
Mawson Antarctica/MawsonSunday, October 18, 2009UTC+6
Yekaterinburg Asia/YekaterinburgSunday, October 26, 2014UTC+6
Kyzylorda Asia/QyzylordaFriday, December 21, 2018UTC+6
Vostok Antarctica/VostokMonday, December 18, 2023UTC+7

And 2 more zones.

UTC+5 converted to other offsets

Fixed offsets only, so the table holds on any date; a city that observes daylight saving time is an hour later than its standard column in summer.

UTC+5UTC (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)CET (UTC+1)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)AEST (UTC+10)
12:00 AM7:00 PM (−1 day)2:00 PM (−1 day)11:00 AM (−1 day)8:00 PM (−1 day)12:30 AM4:00 AM5:00 AM
6:00 AM1:00 AM8:00 PM (−1 day)5:00 PM (−1 day)2:00 AM6:30 AM10:00 AM11:00 AM
9:00 AM4:00 AM11:00 PM (−1 day)8:00 PM (−1 day)5:00 AM9:30 AM1:00 PM2:00 PM
12:00 PM7:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 PM (−1 day)8:00 AM12:30 PM4:00 PM5:00 PM
3:00 PM10:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 AM3:30 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM
6:00 PM1:00 PM8:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 PM6:30 PM10:00 PM11:00 PM
9:00 PM4:00 PM11:00 AM8:00 AM5:00 PM9:30 PM1:00 AM (+1 day)2:00 AM (+1 day)

On UTC+5 all year

Main cityZoneCountriesNow
LahoreAsia/KarachiPakistan6:41 PM UTC+5
TashkentAsia/TashkentUzbekistan6:41 PM UTC+5
AlmatyAsia/AlmatyKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
YekaterinburgAsia/YekaterinburgRussia6:41 PM UTC+5
AshgabatAsia/AshgabatTurkmenistan6:41 PM UTC+5
DushanbeAsia/DushanbeTajikistan6:41 PM UTC+5
SamarkandAsia/SamarkandUzbekistan6:41 PM UTC+5
AktobeAsia/AqtobeKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
KyzylordaAsia/QyzylordaKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
OralAsia/OralKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
AtyrauAsia/AtyrauKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
KostanayAsia/QostanayKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
AktauAsia/AqtauKazakhstan6:41 PM UTC+5
MaleIndian/MaldivesMaldives, French Southern Territories6:41 PM UTC+5
MawsonAntarctica/MawsonAntarctica6:41 PM UTC+5
VostokAntarctica/VostokAntarctica6:41 PM UTC+5

Questions

What time is it at UTC+5?
The clock at the top shows it, corrected for your device’s clock error. UTC+5 is 5 hours ahead of UTC.
Which countries use UTC+5?
All year: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Maldives, French Southern Territories and Antarctica.
Which abbreviations mean UTC+5?
PKT (Pakistan Standard Time).
Is GMT+5 the same as UTC+5?
Yes. “GMT+5” and “UTC+5” mean the same offset; UTC is the modern name. Only the POSIX zone names Etc/GMT±h flip the sign.

Neighbouring offsets and related pages