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What is PKT in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 3 hours ahead

Pakistan Standard Time is on UTC+5:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Karachi
5:54:15 PM
Time in Beijing
8:54:15 PM
Difference
+3 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

Pakistan Standard Time

No clock changes

Pakistan Standard Time stays on PKT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

PKT to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Pakistan Standard Time to China Standard Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

12:00 am PKT
3:00 am CST
1:00 am PKT
4:00 am CST
2:00 am PKT
5:00 am CST
3:00 am PKT
6:00 am CST
4:00 am PKT
7:00 am CST
5:00 am PKT
8:00 am CST
6:00 am PKT
9:00 am CST
7:00 am PKT
10:00 am CST
8:00 am PKT
11:00 am CST
9:00 am PKT
12:00 pm CST
10:00 am PKT
1:00 pm CST
11:00 am PKT
2:00 pm CST
12:00 pm PKT
3:00 pm CST
1:00 pm PKT
4:00 pm CST
2:00 pm PKT
5:00 pm CST
3:00 pm PKT
6:00 pm CST
4:00 pm PKT
7:00 pm CST
5:00 pm PKT
8:00 pm CST
6:00 pm PKT
9:00 pm CST
7:00 pm PKT
10:00 pm CST
8:00 pm PKT
11:00 pm CST
9:00 pm PKT
12:00 am CST+1 day
10:00 pm PKT
1:00 am CST+1 day
11:00 pm PKT
2:00 am CST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm PKT, which is 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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