Convert MST to PKT
PKT is 12 hours ahead of MST. MST is UTC−7 and PKT is UTC+5.
Right now: MST · PKT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours do not overlap at all between MST and PKT. Someone has to take an early or late call — or use asynchronous communication instead.
| MST | PKT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 11:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 5:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
MST to PKT conversion table
| MST | PKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 1:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 2:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 3:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 6:00 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 7:00 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 8:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 9:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 10:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 11:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 1:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 2:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 3:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 4:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) |
| 5:00 PM | 5:00 AM (next day) |
| 6:00 PM | 6:00 AM (next day) |
| 7:00 PM | 7:00 AM (next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 8:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 9:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 10:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 11:00 AM (next day) |
About MST
Mountain Standard Time (MST) is UTC−7. It is used in Denver and Salt Lake City in winter, and Phoenix all year.
Mountain Standard Time is UTC−7. Denver and Salt Lake City use it in winter and switch to MDT in summer; Arizona does not switch at all and stays on MST year-round, which means Phoenix agrees with Denver in winter and with Los Angeles in summer. The Navajo Nation, inside Arizona, does observe daylight saving, so the state contains both. Any scheduling system that maps "Arizona" to "Mountain Time" without the no-DST flag will be an hour out for eight months.
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?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on MST switches to MDT (UTC−6) from March to November. So the 12-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
PKT does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in PKT will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
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 MST in PKT?
9:00 AM MST is 9:00 PM PKT.
Is PKT ahead of MST?
PKT is 12 hours ahead of MST.
Which time zone does this use?
MST is UTC−7 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.