What time is it in Lufkin, Texas?
7:03:39 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
- 34,399
Daylight saving in Lufkin
Lufkin is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Lufkin sits at 31.32°N, 94.73°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lufkin.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Lufkin it is highest at 1:10 pm today — 70 minutes after clock noon.
At 94.7°W, Lufkin 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 Lufkin today
- Sunrise
- 7:09 am
- Sunset
- 7:11 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 11 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Lufkin, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 5 minutes, from 14 hours 11 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 6 minutes in December.
At 31.3°N that puts Lufkin between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.