What time is it in Franklin, Indiana?
8:54:15 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 26,158
Daylight saving in Franklin
Franklin is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Franklin it is highest at 1:35 pm today — 95 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.1°W, Franklin 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.
Daylight in Franklin today
- Sunrise
- 7:34 am
- Sunset
- 7:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 58 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Franklin, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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.