Karachi — Asia/Karachi
The current local time in the Asia/Karachi IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Pakistan. The zone is currently at UTC +05:00 · GMT+5 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Asia/Karachi
Sunday, 11 October 2026 GMT+5
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Asia/Karachi
Karachi vs. major cities
How far Karachi is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Karachi, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Karachi | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −12 h | 21:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | +0:30 h | 09:30 | 09:00–16:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Beijing · China | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Karachi time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Karachi
Since 1970, Karachi has gone through 5 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 3 of 57 years. Since 2010 it has stayed on UTC +05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Karachi stays on UTC +05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–2001 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2002 | UTC +05:00, DST UTC +06:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in April, back on the first Sunday in October |
| 2003–2007 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2008–2009 | UTC +05:00, DST UTC +06:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 2010–2026 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Karachi
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Asia/Karachi on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Asia/Almaty Aqtau Asia/Aqtau Aqtobe Asia/Aqtobe Ashgabat Asia/Ashgabat Atyrau Asia/Atyrau Dushanbe Asia/Dushanbe Oral Asia/Oral Qostanay Asia/Qostanay Qyzylorda Asia/Qyzylorda Samarkand Asia/Samarkand Tashkent Asia/Tashkent Yekaterinburg Asia/Yekaterinburg Mawson Antarctica/Mawson Vostok Antarctica/Vostok Kerguelen Indian/Kerguelen Maldives Indian/Maldives More references for Asia/Karachi
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