Local time · Elkhart
What time is it in Elkhart, Indiana?
4:50:17AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 53,690
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Elkhart
Elkhart is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Elkhart sits at 41.69°N, 85.96°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Elkhart.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Elkhart it is highest at 12:28 pm today — 28 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.0°W, Elkhart sits 44 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 44 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Elkhart today
- Sunrise
- 7:30 am
- Sunset
- 5:25 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 54 minutes in Elkhart, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 4 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 41.7°N that puts Elkhart between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.