Of course it is. Why would you even debate this issue?
Tehran, Kabul, Karachi, Tashkent, and Islamabad are all major cities currently in the 5:00 p.m. hour. Celebrate away, my friends! Just nine minutes away or so from the 5:00 hour you'll find Moscow and Dubai. Surely, that's enough empirical evidence to get you in the direction you obviously want to go!