Convert PKT to KST
KST is 4 hours ahead of PKT. PKT is UTC+5 and KST is UTC+9.
Right now: PKT · KST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 4 hours: 9:00 AM–1:00 PM PKT (1:00 PM–5:00 PM KST). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| PKT | KST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
PKT to KST conversion table
| PKT | KST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
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.
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.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither PKT nor KST 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 PKT in KST?
9:00 AM PKT is 1:00 PM KST.
Is KST ahead of PKT?
KST is 4 hours ahead of PKT.
Which time zone does this use?
PKT is UTC+5 and KST is UTC+9. 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.