Ascension Parish in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2035, -90.9113
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1593 km away
What time is it in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States
Learn the current time in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ascension Parish, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ascension Parish
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ascension Parish keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 26 min Night 12 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Ascension Parish right now
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Ascension Parish and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70707 Gonzales — 4.0 km away
- 70718 Brittany — 4.1 km away
- 70737 Gonzales — 4.9 km away
- 70778 Sorrento — 5.1 km away
- 70738 Burnside — 7.3 km away
- 70774 Saint Amant — 7.6 km away
- 70734 Geismar — 9.5 km away
- 70725 Darrow — 9.7 km away
- 70728 Duplessis — 10.7 km away
- 70769 Prairieville — 11.9 km away
- 70346 Donaldsonville — 14.0 km away
- 70733 French Settlement — 15.1 km away
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 Louisiana
- New Orleans 362 701
- Baton Rouge 227 470
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Southern Mobile Home Park — 4.0 km
- Sorrento — 5.4 km
- Rearwood (historical) — 5.9 km
- Burnside — 7.3 km
- Humphries (historical) — 8.5 km
- Cofield — 8.5 km
Local time details for Ascension Parish
Check Ascension Parish and you have also checked Southern Mobile Home Park and Sorrento.
Postal codes in Ascension Parish number 12.
Local time in Ascension Parish comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Ascension Parish at 7:07 AM and sunset at 6:33 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 26 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Ascension Parish?
- Ascension Parish uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Ascension Parish?
- Daylight saving time in Ascension Parish: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Ascension Parish?
- Yes, it is 6:33 PM.