Cargas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.6940, -92.0146
- Elevation
- 24 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1514 km away
What time is it in Cargas, Louisiana, United States
Read off the current local time in Cargas, Louisiana, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Cargas, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cargas
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cargas keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 22 min Night 12 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 7:00 PM
Weather in Cargas right now
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Cargas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71240 Fairbanks — 5.9 km away
- 71280 Sterlington — 8.1 km away
- 71220 Bastrop — 14.6 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
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Guthrie — 1.5 km
- Perryville — 1.8 km
- Marcarco — 3.4 km
- Fowler — 4.5 km
- De Siard — 4.8 km
- Fairbanks — 5.9 km
Local time details for Cargas
Guthrie and Perryville, both nearby, hold the same time as Cargas.
3 codes are used to address mail in Cargas.
Standard time in Cargas comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:14 AM in Cargas today and sunset at 6:36 PM. That marks 11 h 22 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Cargas?
- The designation used for Cargas is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Cargas switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Cargas: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Cargas?
- Today the sun rises at 7:14 AM.