Pakistan
Time now in Rawalpindi
Sunrise 05:33Sunset 06:48Time zone UTC +5
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
UTC offset
UTC +5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
3,357,612
Sunrise
05:33
Sunset
06:48
Day length
13h 15m
Coordinates
33.60, 73.05
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About the time in Rawalpindi
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Rawalpindi day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 04:00–12:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Around 3,357,612 people live in Rawalpindi, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Rawalpindi runs on Asia/Karachi, which puts the city UTC +5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Rawalpindi
- Does Rawalpindi change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Rawalpindi keeps UTC +5 throughout the year.
- What are normal business hours in Rawalpindi in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Rawalpindi runs from 04:00–12:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Karachi, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Rawalpindi right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Rawalpindi, updating every second from Asia/Karachi (UTC +5).
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