Best time to schedule a call between Pakistan and the US

Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is UTC+5 and does not observe Daylight Saving Time. US Eastern Time is UTC−5 in winter (EST) and UTC−4 in summer (EDT), giving a 9- or 10-hour gap depending on the time of year.

The workable window

If you define business hours as 9 AM to 6 PM local time, the only hours where both sides are simultaneously in business hours are:

• Pakistan: 6 PM - 7 PM PKT (end of the Pakistani working day)
• New York: 8 AM - 9 AM ET (start of the American working day in summer / 9 AM - 10 AM in winter)

In practice this means:

The 6-7 PM PKT slot is your sweet spot year-round. It falls at the end of the Pakistani workday and the beginning or mid-morning of New York's.

For US West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco)

Add 3 hours to New York - so 6 PM PKT = 5 AM PT. That is not business hours. The only overlap with the US West Coast is if the Pakistan side is willing to work 9-11 PM PKT, which aligns with 8-10 AM PT.

Tips for making these calls comfortable

1. Send calendar invites with explicit UTC timestamps, not just "6 PM your time" - ambiguity gets worse when DST shifts.
2. Rotate who takes the early/late end every month. Constantly asking the same side to stretch is a morale issue.
3. Use this tool's time slider to check the overlap visually before you commit to a time - drag to 18:00 UTC to see where 6 PM PKT falls for all your US colleagues at once.

For Pakistan-Canada calls

Toronto and Montreal follow Eastern Time (same as New York). Vancouver follows Pacific Time (same as Los Angeles). Use the corridor above for Eastern Canada and the West Coast note for British Columbia.

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