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Local time · Carmichael

What time is it in Carmichael, California?

1:49:19AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Pacific Standard Time · UTC−8:00 · standard time
Time zone
PST
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
−8:00
Standard is −8:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
79,793
City proper

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Daylight saving in Carmichael

Carmichael is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Carmichael sits at 38.63°N, 121.33°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carmichael.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Carmichael it is highest at 11:49 am today — 11 minutes before clock noon.

At 121.3°W, Carmichael sits almost exactly on Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.

Daylight in Carmichael today

Sunrise
6:45 am
Sunset
4:53 pm
Day length
10 hours 8 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 52 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 8 minutes in Carmichael, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 24 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 28 minutes in December.

At 38.6°N that puts Carmichael between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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