United States
Time now in Kentucky
Sunrise 06:59Sunset 08:26Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
4,206,074
Sunrise
06:59
Sunset
08:26
Day length
13h 26m
Coordinates
38.20, -84.88
Time difference from Kentucky
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About the time in Kentucky
Sunrise today lands at 06:59 and sunset at 08:26 local time, giving 13h 26m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (38.20, -84.88) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Kentucky.
Kentucky runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Kentucky is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −4 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Kentucky
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Kentucky right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kentucky, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- When do the sun rise and set in Kentucky today?
- Sunrise is at 06:59 and sunset at 08:26, giving 13h 26m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Kentucky in?
- Kentucky uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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