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Karachi does not change its clocks
No clock change
Karachi
- UTC offset now
- 5 hours
- Current local time
- 07:01
- Time zone name
- PKT
- Compared with New York (Eastern Time)
- 9 hours ahead
Karachi does not change its clocks in 2026. Its last recorded offset change was Saturday, October 31, 2009. Published rules can change if a government changes the law.
Clock changes in 2026
- Where this time zone is used
- Pakistan
- Local calendar date
- Sunday, September 20, 2026
- Clock-change history
- Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 18:00 UTC
- Planning a call
- Compare Karachi with your own time zone using the converter below. The difference shown is for now; select the actual date in the converter for a future appointment.
- Recorded change: October 31, 2009
- Karachi moved from UTC+06:00 to UTC+05:00. The recorded change was at 18:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Recorded change: April 14, 2009
- Karachi moved from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00. The recorded change was at 19:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Recorded change: October 31, 2008
- Karachi moved from UTC+06:00 to UTC+05:00. The recorded change was at 18:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Recorded change: May 31, 2008
- Karachi moved from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00. The recorded change was at 19:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Recorded change: October 5, 2002
- Karachi moved from UTC+06:00 to UTC+05:00. The recorded change was at 18:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Recorded change: April 6, 2002
- Karachi moved from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00. The recorded change was at 19:00 UTC; historical local times before it used the earlier offset.
- Plan a call: January 15, 2026
- At 9:00 AM in Karachi, it is 11:00 PM on January 14, 2026 in New York (Eastern Time). Karachi is 10 hours ahead on this date.
- Plan a call: April 15, 2026
- At 9:00 AM in Karachi, it is 12:00 AM on April 15, 2026 in New York (Eastern Time). Karachi is 9 hours ahead on this date.
- Plan a call: July 15, 2026
- At 9:00 AM in Karachi, it is 12:00 AM on July 15, 2026 in New York (Eastern Time). Karachi is 9 hours ahead on this date.
- Plan a call: October 15, 2026
- At 9:00 AM in Karachi, it is 12:00 AM on October 15, 2026 in New York (Eastern Time). Karachi is 9 hours ahead on this date.