PKT to MSD Converter

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PKT
Pakistan Standard Time
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MSK/MSD
Moscow Standard Time
UTC+3
2h behind
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MSD is not used on this date.

This converter uses MSK (UTC+3), as in Moscow.

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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Nov 2, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 MSK (UTC+3), Nov 2, 2026

PKT is 2 hours ahead of MSK.

PKT and MSD examples

These examples always use PKT (UTC+5) and MSD (UTC+4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PKT is 1 hour ahead of MSD.

How the time difference changes

PKT is 2 hours ahead of MSK year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in MSK.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in MSK.

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

Time Difference

Pakistan Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Moscow Standard Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 3:00 pm15:00 in MSK

PKT to MSK call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in PKT which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in MSK

5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 3:00 pm15:00 MSK

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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.

Current time in Pakistan: Pakistan time now

Map of the areas on Pakistan Standard Time (PKT)
PKT all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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:
  • 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

Moscow Daylight Time

Offset: MSD is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

MSD representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for MSD
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time