PKT to IST Converter
Quick answers
PKT is 30 minutes behind IST. PKT uses GMT +5, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.
For example, 5:00 pm PKT is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-4:30pm PKT, which is 9:30am-5pm IST.
Compare PKT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
PKT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm in PKT which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm in IST
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| PKT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12:30 am |
| 1am | 1:30 am |
| 2am | 2:30 am |
| 3am | 3:30 am |
| 4am | 4:30 am |
| 5am | 5:30 am |
| 6am | 6:30 am |
| 7am | 7:30 am |
| 8am | 8:30 am |
| 9am | 9:30 am |
| 10am | 10:30 am |
| 11am | 11:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 12:30 pm |
| 1pm | 1:30 pm |
| 2pm | 2:30 pm |
| 3pm | 3:30 pm |
| 4pm | 4:30 pm |
| 5pm | 5:30 pm |
| 6pm | 6:30 pm |
| 7pm | 7:30 pm |
| 8pm | 8:30 pm |
| 9pm | 9:30 pm |
| 10pm | 10:30 pm |
| 11pm | 11:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 00:30 |
| 01:00 | 01:30 |
| 02:00 | 02:30 |
| 03:00 | 03:30 |
| 04:00 | 04:30 |
| 05:00 | 05:30 |
| 06:00 | 06:30 |
| 07:00 | 07:30 |
| 08:00 | 08:30 |
| 09:00 | 09:30 |
| 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 12:00 | 12:30 |
| 13:00 | 13:30 |
| 14:00 | 14:30 |
| 15:00 | 15:30 |
| 16:00 | 16:30 |
| 17:00 | 17:30 |
| 18:00 | 18:30 |
| 19:00 | 19:30 |
| 20:00 | 20:30 |
| 21:00 | 21:30 |
| 22:00 | 22:30 |
| 23:00 | 23:30 |
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 Karachi in Pakistan, with about 11.624 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lahore, 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.
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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2