What time is it in Short Pump, Virginia?

Short Pump is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Short Pump sits at 37.66°N, 77.62°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Short Pump.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Short Pump it is highest at 1:02 pm today — 62 minutes after clock noon.

At 77.6°W, Short Pump 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.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Short Pump, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 13 minutes, from 14 hours 46 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 33 minutes in December.

At 37.7°N that puts Short Pump between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.