Local time · Fort Wayne
What time is it in Fort Wayne, Indiana?
4:49:46AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 273,203
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Fort Wayne sits at 41.09°N, 85.14°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fort Wayne.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Fort Wayne it is highest at 12:24 pm today — 24 minutes after clock noon.
At 85.1°W, Fort Wayne sits 41 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 41 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Fort Wayne today
- Sunrise
- 7:26 am
- Sunset
- 5:23 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 57 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 8 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 57 minutes in Fort Wayne, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 55 minutes, from 15 hours 8 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 13 minutes in December.
At 41.1°N that puts Fort Wayne between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.