Gold Dust in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.8574, -92.1996
- Elevation
- 15 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1643 km away
What time is it in Gold Dust, Louisiana, United States
This page keeps the current time in Gold Dust, Louisiana, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Gold Dust, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gold Dust
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Gold Dust keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 6:05 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Gold Dust right now
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Gold Dust and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71322 Bunkie — 5.1 km away
- 71367 Saint Landry — 10.4 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
- Milburn — 1.6 km
- Augusta — 2.7 km
- Kelley (historical) — 3.2 km
- Star (historical) — 4.2 km
- Holmesville — 5.1 km
- Barbreck — 5.2 km
Gold Dust: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal service in Gold Dust uses 2 codes.
The clock standard in Gold Dust is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today at Gold Dust, the sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 5:17 PM. That gives 10 h 46 min of daylight.
The clock reading for Gold Dust covers nearby Milburn and Augusta as well.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Gold Dust?
- The time zone of Gold Dust is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Gold Dust move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Gold Dust?
- It disappears at 5:17 PM.