What time is it in Carmichael, California?

Carmichael is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Carmichael it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.3°W, Carmichael sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute 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.