SSGC Gas Timings Winter 2026: 3 Cooking Windows for Karachi, Sindh and Balochistan Homes

SSGC says the plan follows the federal government's directives and puts domestic customers first. Outside the three windows, homes should plan for low pressure or no gas at all. The table below is the whole schedule, so you can plan cooking, bathing water and heating around it.

SSGC gives homes gas in three windows, 8 hours a day

SSGC's winter schedule gives domestic customers gas for 2 hours 30 minutes at breakfast, 2 hours 30 minutes at lunch and 3 hours at dinner. That adds up to 8 hours a day. The other 16 hours are not covered by the schedule.

The times are Pakistan Standard Time. SSGC lists the same three windows for every domestic customer it serves. It has not published separate times for Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur or Quetta, so the one table applies across its network.

The schedule covers SSGC homes in Sindh and Balochistan

The timings apply to domestic gas customers of SSGC, which supplies Karachi, the rest of Sindh and Balochistan. Homes in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad are on SNGPL, which runs its own winter plan and its own announcements.

If your bill says Sui Southern Gas Company, this schedule is yours. If it says Sui Northern Gas Pipelines, check the SNGPL load management schedule instead. Industry and CNG stations sit lower on the winter priority list than homes, which is why domestic slots are set first.

The winter plan is the same idea as earlier years: homes get gas at meal times, when demand is highest and the need is most basic. The gas load shedding schedule from last winter followed the same three-slot pattern.

Plan your day around the three slots

The simplest way to live with 8 hours of gas is to move your heaviest gas use into the windows. Cook, heat bathing water and fill flasks during the slot. Then switch every appliance off before the window closes, so nothing is left open when pressure drops.

1. Cook the main meal of the day in the 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm slot, the longest of the three.
2. Heat water for the morning between 6:30 am and 9:00 am, then turn the geyser down or off.
3. Use a pressure cooker for daal, meat and rice. SSGC lists pressure cookers among its ways to save gas.
4. Fill a thermos with hot water or tea before each window closes.
5. Close every burner, heater and geyser valve at the end of each slot.

SSGC also recommends conical baffles and smart timers for water geysers, plus gas-efficient appliances such as instant geysers. These cut the gas a geyser burns while it keeps a tank warm. If you need cooking gas outside the windows, an LPG cylinder is the usual backup. SSGC sells its own cylinders, and the SSGC LPG cylinder order process explains how to get one in Karachi.

Low pressure is a safety risk, so switch off and wait

When pressure drops at the edge of a slot, a flame can go out while the valve stays open. SSGC's safety advice is to turn off all gas valves when pressure gets too low, call 1199, and use gas again only once the pressure is stable.

Pressure usually falls in the last part of a slot and comes back slowly at the start of the next one. That is the risky time. A heater or stove left on with a weak flame can go out and keep leaking gas into a closed room.

• Never sleep with a gas heater or stove on. SSGC says heaters and stoves left on while you sleep are very dangerous.
• Keep a window or door open a little wherever gas is burning, so there is fresh air.
• Use a GI pipe, not a rubber pipe, for every gas appliance.
• Use a heater with an exhaust pipe, and check that the pipe is not leaking.
• If you smell gas, do not switch lights on or off and do not light a match. Open the windows and call 1199.

More on heaters, geysers and carbon monoxide is in the rules for how to use a gas heater and geyser safely.

No gas inside a slot is a complaint for 1199

If you get no gas, or very weak gas, during one of the three windows, that is a fault to report. Call SSGC on 1199, which runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Have your 10 digit consumer number from the bill ready.

SSGC's own complaint timeline says a low pressure problem caused by your meter or regulator should be fixed within 24 to 36 hours. A pressure investigation visit should happen within 36 hours. An overhead leak should be fixed within 2 to 3 hours.

You can also lodge the problem online or on WhatsApp, and track it. The steps are in the SSGC complaint form process. If the whole street has no gas outside the slots, that is the schedule, not a fault.

Common questions

What are SSGC gas timings in winter 2026?

Breakfast 6:30 am to 9:00 am, lunch 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm and dinner 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. That is 8 hours of gas a day for domestic customers.

Do these timings apply in Karachi?

Yes. SSGC supplies Karachi, the rest of Sindh and Balochistan, and its published schedule is the same for all its domestic customers.

Do the SSGC timings apply in Lahore or Islamabad?

No. Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad get gas from SNGPL, which sets its own winter schedule.

Will there be any gas outside the three slots?

The schedule only covers the three windows. Plan for low pressure or no gas outside them, and keep valves closed during those hours.

Which number do I call for low pressure during a slot?

Call SSGC on 1199. The line works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Keep your consumer number ready.

Who pays if gas leaks from the pipe inside my house?

You do. SSGC says the customer is responsible for the house line after the meter, and gas lost through an internal leak is billed to the customer. Report any leak to 1199 at once.

How we verified this

What we checked and where we read it.

We checked the SSGC winter schedule on 15 November 2026 on the SSGC home page, where the company shows its "Managing gas load effectively this winter" notice with the three cooking windows and the 1199 helpline. The image file is dated November 2026 in its web address. Safety points come from SSGC's Safety Education page and its Consumer Service Manual. Saving tips and the 24 hour helpline come from SSGC's frequently asked questions. Complaint times come from SSGC's page of complaint types and estimated resolution timelines. Main source: ssgc.com.pk.