In which country is the Asia/Karachi timezone located?

The timezone Asia/Karachi is mainly used in Pakistan .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Asia/Karachi . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Asia/Karachi to UTC?

The current time difference for Asia/Karachi is exactly UTC+05:00 .

Timezone

Asia/Karachi

UTC +05:00 PKT DST off

16:44:14

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 4:44:14 PM

Wk 17

Day 111/365

Unix 1776771854

Day progress

since 00:00 16:44:14 until 24:00 07:15:46

Current time in Asia/Karachi

The details for Asia/Karachi are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-04-21T16:44:14+0500
RFC 3339: 2026-04-21T16:44:14+05:00
RFC 2822: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:44:14 +0500
Ordinal Day of the Week: 2
Ordinal Day of the Year: 111
Ordinal Week Number: 17
ISO week date: 2026-W17-2
Quarter: 2
Epoch (milliseconds): 1776771854276

Timezone Details

Timezone: Asia/Karachi
Timezone Abbreviation: PKT
ISO-3166-2: PK
Country Name: Pakistan
Latitude: 24.86666
Longitude: 67.05
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation PKT

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-04-21T11:44:14+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +05:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+05:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 18000
Unixtime: 1776771854

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+05:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "iso_week_date": "2026-W17-2",
    "quarter": 2,
    "epoch_ms": 1776771854276,
    "has_dst": false,
    "is_dst": false,
    "dst_last": null,
    "dst_last_local": null,
    "dst_last_utc": null,
    "dst_next": null,
    "dst_next_local": null,
    "dst_next_utc": null,
    "dst_offset": 18000,
    "dst_from": null,
    "dst_until": null,
    "raw_offset": 18000,
    "timezone": "Asia\/Karachi",
    "unixtime": 1776771854,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-04-21T11:44:14+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+05:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+05:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-04-21T16:44:14+05:00",
    "rfc2822": "Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:44:14 +0500",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'PKT'
datetime: '2026-04-21T16:44:14+0500'
day_of_week: 2
day_of_year: 111
week_number: 17
iso_week_date: '2026-W17-2'
quarter: 2
epoch_ms: 1776771854276
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 18000
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 18000
timezone: 'Asia/Karachi'
unixtime: 1776771854
utc_datetime: '2026-04-21T11:44:14+0000'
utc_offset: '+05:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+05:00'
rfc3339: '2026-04-21T16:44:14+05:00'
rfc2822: 'Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:44:14 +0500'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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