IANA Name: Asia/Karachi
Standard Offset: UTC +05:00
Daylight Saving: No
Currently Observing DST: No โ
FAQ โ Asia/Karachi
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The current local time in Asia/Karachi is 08:28:40. Asia/Karachi is currently UTC+05:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Asia/Karachi is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
No โ Asia/Karachi does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Its offset stays at PKT UTC+05:00 year-round.
Major cities in Asia/Karachi include Abbottabad, Ahmadpur East, Arifwala, Attock City, Badin, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Battagram. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
Asia/Karachi is used (in whole or in part) by Pakistan. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Asia/Karachi and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.