What time is it in Franklin, Tennessee?
7:04:38 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
- 89,142
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 35.91°N, 86.85°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 Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Franklin it is highest at 12:39 pm today — 39 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.9°W, Franklin sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Franklin today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 36 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Franklin, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 53 minutes, from 14 hours 36 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 43 minutes in December.
At 35.9°N that puts Franklin between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.