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PKT to UTC converter

Convert Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), with daylight saving applied for the exact date you pick.

From

Tue, Oct 27

To

Tue, Oct 27 Same day

PKT 9 to 5 UTC 9 to 5

From zone
Pakistan Standard Time
Offset and clock
UTC+5 No daylight saving time
IANA name
Asia/Karachi
To zone
Coordinated Universal Time
Offset and clock
UTC+0 No daylight saving time
IANA name
Etc/UTC

UTC is 5 hours behind PKT.

Time difference
Coordinated Universal Time is 5 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time all year.
Meeting window
Working days of 9 AM to 5 PM overlap from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM PKT, which is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM UTC.
Daylight saving
Neither zone observes daylight saving time, so the difference never changes.

Where PKT and UTC apply

Shaded areas follow the official zone boundaries, so a country split across zones is split here too. Hover or tap a region for its local time.

  • Pakistan Standard Time
  • Coordinated Universal Time
  • Same UTC offset right now, different zone rules

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Hour by hour

Every hour of Tuesday, October 27, 2026, side by side. Days with a clock change show 23 or 25 rows.

Shaded rows fall inside working hours in both places.

Hourly comparison of the two time zones. Choose a time to load it in the converter.
Karachi (PKT) Greenwich meridian (UTC) Working hours
12:00 AM 7:00 PM previous day
1:00 AM 8:00 PM previous day
2:00 AM 9:00 PM previous day
3:00 AM 10:00 PM previous day
4:00 AM 11:00 PM previous day
5:00 AM 12:00 AM
6:00 AM 1:00 AM
7:00 AM 2:00 AM
8:00 AM 3:00 AM
9:00 AM 4:00 AM
10:00 AM 5:00 AM
11:00 AM 6:00 AM
12:00 PM 7:00 AM
1:00 PM 8:00 AM
2:00 PM 9:00 AM Both working
3:00 PM 10:00 AM Both working
4:00 PM 11:00 AM Both working
5:00 PM 12:00 PM
6:00 PM 1:00 PM
7:00 PM 2:00 PM
8:00 PM 3:00 PM
9:00 PM 4:00 PM
10:00 PM 5:00 PM
11:00 PM 6:00 PM

PKT to UTC conversion table

Common PKT times and their UTC equivalents.

PKT to UTC conversion table
Pakistan Standard Time UTC 5 h behind, all year
12:00 AM 7:00 PM (previous day)
6:00 AM 1:00 AM
8:00 AM 3:00 AM
9:00 AM 4:00 AM
10:00 AM 5:00 AM
12:00 PM 7:00 AM
2:00 PM 9:00 AM
3:00 PM 10:00 AM
5:00 PM 12:00 PM
6:00 PM 1:00 PM
8:00 PM 3:00 PM
10:00 PM 5:00 PM

Upcoming clock changes

Neither Pakistan Standard Time nor Coordinated Universal Time changes its clocks in the next 18 months.

About the two zones

Pakistan Standard Time (PKT)

Pakistan Standard Time is UTC+5 all year. Pakistan last observed daylight saving time in 2009, so PKT is a fixed offset.

IANA zone
Asia/Karachi
Offset
UTC+5 all year
Used in
Pakistan
Major cities
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Coordinated Universal Time is the reference every time zone is measured from. It never changes for daylight saving time. Servers, aviation, logs and APIs use it because it is unambiguous.

IANA zone
Etc/UTC
Offset
UTC+0 all year
Used in
no single country; it is the world reference clock

PKT and UTC, answered

What is the time difference between PKT and UTC?

Coordinated Universal Time is 5 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time all year.

What is a good meeting time for PKT and UTC?

Working days of 9 AM to 5 PM overlap from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM PKT, which is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM UTC.

Does daylight saving time affect PKT to UTC?

Neither zone observes daylight saving time, so the difference never changes.

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