Current time in Lahore, Pakistan
The current local time in Lahore is shown below. Lahore observes PKT.
Daylight saving time
Lahore does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
- Standard abbreviation
- PKT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Lahore in context
Lahore sits in the Punjab region of northeastern Pakistan, around 25 kilometres from the Indian border, the second-largest Pakistani city with a metropolitan population of around 13 million. The city is the cultural and culinary capital of the country, with the Mughal-era Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque dominating the old city centre and the more modern Defence Housing Authority and Bahria Town developments extending across former farmland to the south and east.
Timezone history of Lahore
Lahore shares Pakistan Standard Time at UTC+5 with the rest of the country, an unchanging offset year-round. The proximity to the Indian border (the Wagah-Attari crossing is a short drive from the city) produces a small but practically significant 30-minute time difference with Amritsar in Indian Punjab immediately across the border. This is one of the few international borders crossed by routine commercial traffic that involves a sub-hour timezone change.
Working hours in Lahore
Lahore's working day runs 09:00 to 17:00 across most sectors, with a tradition of relatively late dinner hours (often after 21:00) and an active late-evening commercial life that is less typical in Pakistani cities further west. The substantial textile manufacturing industry and the IT services sector that has expanded since the 2010s anchor the city's white-collar economy. Public holidays follow the national Pakistani schedule, with the city particularly known for elaborate Eid celebrations.