What time is it in Harrisonburg, Virginia?
8:54:54 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 51,164
Daylight saving in Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Harrisonburg sits at 38.44°N, 78.87°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Harrisonburg.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Harrisonburg it is highest at 1:07 pm today — 67 minutes after clock noon.
At 78.9°W, Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg today
- Sunrise
- 7:06 am
- Sunset
- 7:08 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 51 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Harrisonburg, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 22 minutes, from 14 hours 51 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 29 minutes in December.
At 38.4°N that puts Harrisonburg between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.