Carpenter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6375, -97.9168
- Elevation
- 443 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1839 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carpenter, South Dakota, United States
Right now in Carpenter, South Dakota, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Carpenter, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carpenter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Carpenter.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Carpenter right now
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Carpenter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50426
- 57322
- 82054
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 South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Other places named Carpenter
- Carpenter Pennsylvania, United States
- Carpenter Iowa, United States
- Carpenter Wyoming, United States
- Carpenter Saskatchewan, Canada
- Carpenter Alabama, United States
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
- Shamrock Colony — 3.7 km
- Pitrodie (historical) — 9.1 km
- Carlton (historical) — 11.9 km
- Keefton (historical) — 12.5 km
- Bloomfield — 14.4 km
- Fordham Colony — 14.6 km
Carpenter: clock, sun and surroundings
Records show 3 postal codes for Carpenter.
Carpenter is served by the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sun-up in Carpenter is 7:49 AM today and sun-down is 6:47 PM. That gap holds 10 h 58 min of daylight.
For Shamrock Colony and Pitrodie (historical) near Carpenter, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Carpenter?
- Carpenter is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Carpenter at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Carpenter: Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for Carpenter?
- 7:49 AM.