EST to PKT Converter
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10:00 am10:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 1, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 PKT (UTC+5), Nov 1, 2026
EST is 10 hours behind PKT.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and PKT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and PKT (UTC+5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 10 hours behind PKT.
EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to PKT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to PKT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 9 hours behind PKT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 10 hours behind PKT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in PKT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in PKT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in PKT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 19:00 to 04:00 (next day) in PKT.
Compare EST time with PKT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 10 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time.
10:00 am10:00 in EST is 8:00 pm20:00 in PKT
EST to PKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in EST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in PKT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
10:00 am10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
10:00 am10:00 EST / 8:00 pm20:00 PKT
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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today all shaded areas are on EST.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in Pakistan: Pakistan time now
PKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time