Time in Karachi
It is 06:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Karachi. Karachi is in Pakistan. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Karachi at +05:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Karachi keeps Pakistan Standard Time (Asia/Karachi) at UTC+05:00 with no daylight saving. The offset sits thirty minutes behind India Standard Time.
Business days often start near 09:00–09:30. Gulf markets overlap cleanly; London mornings align with Karachi late morning, while US mornings fall at night.
Pakistan is a round UTC+05:00. The common error is to reuse India Standard Time and inherit a spurious +05:30.
Karachi time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:00
- Abbreviation
- PKT
- IANA
- Asia/Karachi
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Karachi
Karachi is currently on its standard offset. Karachi does not change its clocks. The offset stays +05:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Karachi today
The sun rises at 06:18 and sets at 18:34, giving 12 h 16 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:26, 27 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Karachi sits west of the 75° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:18
- Sunset
- 18:34
- Daylight
- 12 h 16 m
- Solar noon
- 12:26Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Karachi
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Karachi and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Karachi
These cities share Asia/Karachi, so they show the same civil time as Karachi right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Karachi
- Population
- 14,910,352The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Sindh
- Coordinates
- 24.8600° N, 67.0100° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
- Calling code
- +92Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Urdu, Sindhi, and English
- Airports
- KHIJinnah InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Karachi local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Karachi
- What time is it in Karachi right now?
- It is 06:26 in Karachi as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Karachi uses the IANA zone Asia/Karachi, currently +05:00.
- Which time zone is Karachi in?
- Karachi is in the PKT time zone (Asia/Karachi), currently +05:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Karachi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Karachi stays on +05:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Karachi ahead of or behind UTC?
- Karachi is currently at +05:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Karachi is 17:00.
Well-known places in Karachi
If you are checking the time in Karachi because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Mazar-e-QuaidRead more on Wikipedia
- National Museum of PakistanRead more on Wikipedia
- Masjid e ToobaRead more on Wikipedia