Local time · Indianapolis
What time is it in Indianapolis, Indiana?
4:50:01AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 891,484
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Indianapolis
Indianapolis is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Indianapolis sits at 39.78°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 Indianapolis.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Indianapolis it is highest at 12:28 pm today — 28 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.1°W, Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis today
- Sunrise
- 7:27 am
- Sunset
- 5:30 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 59 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 3 minutes in Indianapolis, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 39 minutes, from 14 hours 59 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 21 minutes in December.
At 39.8°N that puts Indianapolis between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.