Time in Lahore
It is 07:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Lahore. Lahore 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.
Lahore shares Asia/Karachi at UTC+05:00 year-round. Northern Pakistan’s commercial calendar uses the same civil clock as Karachi.
Typical office hours cluster around 09:00–17:00 or 18:00. Meeting math matches Karachi exactly — only place context and daylight differ.
Lahore shares Karachi’s zone. Cricket and court listings that say “PKT” mean Asia/Karachi, not a Punjab-specific clock.
Lahore time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:00
- Abbreviation
- PKT
- IANA
- Asia/Karachi
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Lahore
Lahore is currently on its standard offset. Lahore 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 Lahore today
The sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 18:06, giving 12 h 19 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:57, 3 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Lahore sits east of the 75° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 05:47
- Sunset
- 18:06
- Daylight
- 12 h 19 m
- Solar noon
- 11:57Solar 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 Lahore
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Lahore and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Lahore
These cities share Asia/Karachi, so they show the same civil time as Lahore right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Lahore
- Population
- 11,126,285The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Punjab
- Coordinates
- 31.5497° N, 74.3436° 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 and Punjabi
- Airports
- LHEAllama Iqbal InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Lahore local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lahore
- What time is it in Lahore right now?
- It is 07:26 in Lahore as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Lahore uses the IANA zone Asia/Karachi, currently +05:00.
- Which time zone is Lahore in?
- Lahore 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 Lahore observe daylight saving time?
- No. Lahore stays on +05:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Lahore ahead of or behind UTC?
- Lahore is currently at +05:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Lahore is 17:00.
Well-known places in Lahore
If you are checking the time in Lahore because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Badshahi MosqueRead more on Wikipedia
- Shalamar GardensRead more on Wikipedia
- Lahore FortRead more on Wikipedia