GMT to PKT: GMT is 5 hours behind PKT
Greenwich Mean Time is 5 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time, on every day of the year. It is 8:19 am GMT in GMT and 1:19 pm PKT in Pakistan.
Convert a specific time from GMT to PKT
Pick any time and date to convert it both ways. The conversion runs in your browser against the real zone rules, so a date inside a daylight saving period gets that period's offset rather than today's.
What is the time difference between GMT and PKT?
Pakistan Standard Time is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. To go from GMT to PKT you add 5 hours. That gap holds on all 365 days of 2026: neither zone moves its clocks.
GMT to PKT conversion table
Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026 in GMT, with the matching reading in Pakistan. 5 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in Pakistan, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| GMT | GMT 24h | PKT | PKT 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | the next day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | the next day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | the next day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | the next day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | the next day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between GMT and PKT?
3 hours of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 9:00 am GMT to 12:00 pm GMT. In Pakistan that window reads 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| GMT | PKT | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | 2:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in GMT, afternoon in Pakistan |
| 10:00 am | 3:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in GMT, afternoon in Pakistan |
| 11:00 am | 4:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in GMT, afternoon in Pakistan |
Does daylight saving change GMT to PKT?
Greenwich Mean Time does not move its clocks at all, so its UTC+0 offset holds every day of the year.
Pakistan Standard Time does not move its clocks at all, so its UTC+5 offset holds every day of the year.
Is GMT ahead of or behind PKT?
GMT is behind PKT by 5 hours: when it is 12:00 pm in GMT, it is 5:00 pm in Pakistan. Neither Greenwich Mean Time nor Pakistan Standard Time observes daylight saving, so the abbreviations never change and the gap between them is fixed.
Greenwich Mean Time covers identical to UTC as a clock reading, and a separate thing as a standard. Pakistan Standard Time covers Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The identifiers behind them are Etc/GMT and Asia/Karachi, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is GMT in PKT?
- GMT is 5 hours behind PKT. 9:00 am GMT is 2:00 pm PKT.
- How many hours ahead is PKT of GMT?
- PKT is 5 hours ahead of GMT.
- What time is it in Pakistan right now?
- 1:19 pm PKT on Friday, September 25, 2026.
- When can GMT and Pakistan meet during working hours?
- Between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm GMT, which is 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm PKT.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so GMT and PKT are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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