PKT to New York City Time Converter
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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026
PKT is 9 hours ahead of New York City.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PKT is 9 hours ahead of New York City. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PKT is 10 hours ahead of New York City.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in New York City.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in New York City.
Compare PKT time with New York City time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time is 9 hours ahead of EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 8:00 am08:00 in New York City, NY, USA
PKT to New York City 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 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in New York City. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 8:00 am08:00 New York City, NY, 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.
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
New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)