Time in Jackson, United States of America | Jackson Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Jackson
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Jackson is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Jackson is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Jackson
- ▪Sunrise: 07:09
- ▪Sunset: 18:20
- ▪Day length: 11h 10m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:45
- ▪Current time in Jackson is currently 45 minutes ahead of solar time.
Jackson on map
- ▪Location: Mississippi, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 32,30. Longitude: -90,18
- ▪Population: 153,701
- ▪Elevation: 85 m
Time difference
from Jackson
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:09
Solar noon 12:45Sunset 18:20
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 22 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792656722
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:09
- Sunset
- 18:20
- Solar noon
- 12:45
- Day length
- 11h 10m
- Night length
- 12h 49m
- Civil twilight
- 06:44 – 18:45
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Mississippi
- Coordinates
- 32.299°, -90.185°
- Elevation
- 85 m
- Population
- 153,701
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