What time is it in Golden Valley, Minnesota?
7:55:58 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 21,263
Daylight saving in Golden Valley
Golden Valley is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Golden Valley sits at 44.99°N, 93.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Golden Valley.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Golden Valley it is highest at 1:05 pm today — 65 minutes after clock noon.
At 93.4°W, Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley today
- Sunrise
- 7:04 am
- Sunset
- 7:05 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 37 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Golden Valley, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 46 minutes in December.
At 45.0°N that puts Golden Valley between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.