United States
Time now in Madison
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:26Sunset 07:49Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
204
Sunrise
06:26
Sunset
07:49
Day length
13h 23m
Coordinates
38.51, -76.22
Time difference from Madison
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Madison right now.
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About the time in Madison
Madison sits at latitude 38.51, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 23m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Madison 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.
Madison 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 Madison
- Which time zone is Madison in?
- Madison uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
- What are normal business hours in Madison in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Madison runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Madison?
- Madison is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Madison right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Madison, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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