Time in Lake Charles, United States of America | Lake Charles Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Lake Charles
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 Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles
- ▪Sunrise: 07:19
- ▪Sunset: 18:34
- ▪Day length: 11h 14m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:57
- ▪Current time in Lake Charles is currently 57 minutes ahead of solar time.
Lake Charles on map
- ▪Location: Louisiana, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 30,21. Longitude: -93,20
- ▪Population: 76,070
- ▪Elevation: 4 m
Time difference
from Lake Charles
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:19
Solar noon 12:57Sunset 18:34
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, 15 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792681672
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 18:34
- Solar noon
- 12:57
- Day length
- 11h 14m
- Night length
- 12h 45m
- Civil twilight
- 06:55 – 18:58
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Louisiana
- Coordinates
- 30.213°, -93.204°
- Elevation
- 4 m
- Population
- 76,070
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