PKT to Chicago Time Converter
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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 12, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 12, 2026
PKT is 10 hours ahead of Chicago.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PKT is 10 hours ahead of Chicago. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PKT is 11 hours ahead of Chicago.
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 Chicago. 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 Chicago.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 Chicago. 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 Chicago.
Compare PKT time with Chicago 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 CDT (Central Daylight Time).
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 7:00 am07:00 in Chicago, IL, USA
PKT to Chicago 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 Chicago. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CDT (Central Daylight Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 7:00 am07:00 Chicago, IL, USA
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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.
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
- 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
Chicago Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (standard time)