Time in Columbus, United States of America | Columbus Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Columbus
UTC -4
Eastern Time (ET) , currently 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
▪Time in Columbus is 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Columbus is
America/New_York.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Columbus
- ▪Sunrise: 07:49
- ▪Sunset: 18:42
- ▪Day length: 10h 52m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:16
- ▪Current time in Columbus is currently 76 minutes ahead of solar time.
Columbus on map
- ▪Location: Ohio, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 39,96. Longitude: -83,00
- ▪Population: 913,175
- ▪Elevation: 235 m
Time difference
from Columbus
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:49
Solar noon 13:16Sunset 18:42
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/New_York- Abbreviation
- EDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 8 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792704126
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:49
- Sunset
- 18:42
- Solar noon
- 13:16
- Day length
- 10h 52m
- Night length
- 13h 07m
- Civil twilight
- 07:22 – 19:09
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Ohio
- Coordinates
- 39.961°, -82.999°
- Elevation
- 235 m
- Population
- 913,175
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