Local time · Franklin
What time is it in Franklin, Indiana?
4:49:48AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 26,158
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Franklin
Franklin is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Franklin sits at 39.50°N, 86.05°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Franklin.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Franklin it is highest at 12:28 pm today — 28 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.1°W, Franklin 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 Franklin today
- Sunrise
- 7:26 am
- Sunset
- 5:30 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 58 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 4 minutes in Franklin, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 35 minutes, from 14 hours 58 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 23 minutes in December.
At 39.5°N that puts Franklin between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.