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PKT
Pakistan Standard Time
GMT +5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CT/CDT
Central Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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5:00 pm PKT (UTC+5), Oct 3, 2026 = 7:00 am CDT (UTC-5), Oct 3, 202617:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 3, 2026 = 07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 3, 2026

PKT is 10 hours ahead of CDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PKT is 10 hours ahead of CT. At other times of the year, PKT is 11 hours ahead of CT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PKT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PKT correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in CT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PKT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PKT correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in CT.

Compare PKT time with CT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pakistan Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT

PKT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in PKT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in CDT

5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 7:00 am07:00 CDT

PKTCT
12am (midnight)2pm
1am3pm
2am4pm
3am5pm
4am6pm
5am7pm
6am8pm
7am9pm
8am10pm
9am11pm
10am12am (midnight)
11am1am
12pm (noon)2am
1pm3am
2pm4am
3pm5am
4pm6am
5pm7am
6pm8am
7pm9am
8pm10am
9pm11am
10pm12pm (noon)
11pm1pm
00:0014:00
01:0015:00
02:0016:00
03:0017:00
04:0018:00
05:0019:00
06:0020:00
07:0021:00
08:0022:00
09:0023:00
10:0000:00
11:0001:00
12:0002:00
13:0003:00
14:0004:00
15:0005:00
16:0006:00
17:0007:00
18:0008:00
19:0009:00
20:0010:00
21:0011:00
22:0012:00
23:0013:00

Pakistan Standard Time

Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

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, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan.

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.

PKT Time Zone Geo Map
PKT timezone map

PKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Karachi
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • 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
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone