United States
Time now in Lexington
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:28Sunset 07:37Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
1,731
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
07:37
Day length
13h 09m
Coordinates
33.12, -90.05
Time difference from Lexington
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Lexington right now.
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About the time in Lexington
The zone identifier America/Chicago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Chicago keeps pointing at Chicago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Lexington runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 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.
Lexington is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 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 Lexington
- When do the sun rise and set in Lexington today?
- Sunrise is at 06:28 and sunset at 07:37, giving 13h 09m of daylight.
- What time is it in Lexington right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lexington, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lexington?
- Lexington is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Lexington in?
- Lexington uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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