Timezone Insight
The timezone in Karachi is Asia/Karachi (GMT+5).
Its current offset is GMT+05:00 (GMT+5).
What is the Timezone of Karachi?
Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Asia/Karachi timezone used by Karachi, Pakistan.
IANA Timezone Data
How to convert from Asia/Karachi to UTC
Converting a time from Asia/Karachi to UTC is straightforward:
For example, if it is 12:00 in Karachi, it is 07:00 UTC.
To convert the other way (UTC to Karachi), add +5 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.
About the Asia/Karachi timezone
Asia/Karachi is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Karachi, Pakistan. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.
IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.
Related time zones in the Asia region
Asia/DubaiAsia/KolkataAsia/BangkokAsia/SingaporeAsia/Hong_KongAsia/Shanghai
Related tools
- See the current local time in Karachi.
- Use the Karachi vs London time difference calculator.
- Check how many hours of daylight Karachi gets today.
- See the sunrise & sunset times in Karachi.