Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8315, -85.5186
- Elevation
- 218 m above sea level
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 734 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Indiana, United States
The local time in Lancaster, Indiana, United States — in the America/Indiana/Indianapolis time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Lancaster, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lancaster, Indiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:04 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
Other places named Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, United States
Same time zone — America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Indianapolis United States
Nearby places
- Five Points — 1.8 km
- Middlefork — 4.7 km
- Calloway Station (historical) — 5.0 km
- Midway — 5.1 km
- Volga — 5.3 km
- Neavill Grove — 5.4 km
Lancaster: clock, sun and surroundings
Clocks in Lancaster are set by America/Indiana/Indianapolis and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises today at 7:18 AM in Lancaster and sets at 5:36 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 18 min.
Lancaster and nearby Five Points and Middlefork are never an hour apart.
Mail addressed to Lancaster uses 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Lancaster?
- The time zone covering Lancaster is America/Indiana/Indianapolis, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lancaster observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Lancaster: No.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Lancaster.
- They are 7:18 AM and 5:36 PM.