Convert KST to PKT
PKT is 4 hours behind KST. KST is UTC+9 and PKT is UTC+5.
Right now: KST · PKT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 4 hours: 1:00 PM–5:00 PM KST (9:00 AM–1:00 PM PKT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| KST | PKT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
KST to PKT conversion table
| KST | PKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
About KST
Korea Standard Time (KST) is UTC+9. It is used in South Korea, with no daylight saving.
Korea Standard Time is UTC+9, the same as Japan, and South Korea has had no daylight saving since 1988 when it was used for the Seoul Olympics. The two Koreas briefly differed: the North moved to UTC+8:30 in 2015 and returned to UTC+9 in 2018, which is the only time in modern history the peninsula ran on two clocks.
About PKT
Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is UTC+5. It is used in Pakistan, all year.
Pakistan Standard Time is UTC+5 and does not change through the year — daylight saving has been tried twice and abandoned twice. It sits half an hour behind India, which is the only pair of neighbouring countries in the region separated by a half-hour step rather than a whole one, and a common source of missed calls across that border.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither KST nor PKT shifts with the seasons, so this 4-hour difference holds all year. That is unusual enough to be worth relying on: most cross-continental gaps move twice a year.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM KST in PKT?
9:00 AM KST is 5:00 AM PKT.
Is PKT ahead of KST?
PKT is 4 hours behind KST.
Which time zone does this use?
KST is UTC+9 and PKT is UTC+5. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.