What time is it in Palestine, Texas?
7:03:54 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
- 19,583
Daylight saving in Palestine
Palestine is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Palestine sits at 31.75°N, 95.65°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Palestine.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Palestine it is highest at 1:14 pm today — 74 minutes after clock noon.
At 95.6°W, Palestine 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 Palestine today
- Sunrise
- 7:12 am
- Sunset
- 7:15 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Palestine, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 9 minutes, from 14 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 31.8°N that puts Palestine between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.