United States
Time now in Madison
Sunrise 06:32Sunset 07:59Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
220
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
07:59
Day length
13h 27m
Coordinates
38.38, -78.26
Time difference from Madison
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Madison right now.
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About the time in Madison
Sunrise today lands at 06:32 and sunset at 07:59 local time, giving 13h 27m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (38.38, -78.26) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Madison.
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.
The zone identifier America/New_York is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/New_York keeps pointing at New York time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Madison
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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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