Local time · Carmel
What time is it in Carmel, Indiana?
4:49:42AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 103,606
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Carmel
Carmel is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Carmel sits at 39.97°N, 86.15°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carmel.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Carmel it is highest at 12:28 pm today — 28 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.1°W, Carmel sits 45 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 45 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Carmel today
- Sunrise
- 7:27 am
- Sunset
- 5:30 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 1 minute
Today runs 10 hours 2 minutes in Carmel, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 41 minutes, from 15 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 9 hours 20 minutes in December.
At 40.0°N that puts Carmel between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.