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Yaracuy, Venezuela

Yaracuy follows Venezuelan Standard Time, UTC−4, during every season. San Felipe, Yaritagua, Chivacoa, Nirgua, and rural districts use the same official hour, while sunrise varies with the date, coordinates, and each valley’s surrounding terrain.

San Felipe, Venezuela

11:44:13 AM

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−4 · America/Caracas

Time and sun data for San Felipe — the largest city of Yaracuy

The sun in San Felipe

Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 6:33 PM

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Current time in Yaracuy, Venezuela

There is one legal time across Yaracuy. It matches the clock in Caracas and the rest of Venezuela, and no daylight-saving adjustment interrupts it. This stable setting is convenient for regional travel, deliveries, public offices, and calls between communities.

If a digital device is configured for the Venezuelan time zone, it should retain the correct offset automatically. A manually selected fixed-offset zone can show the same hour, but choosing Venezuela by name is clearer because it records the intended geographic rule.

Yaracuy’s valleys shape the journey and the morning shade, but they leave the time zone alone.

Principal towns on a common schedule

San Felipe is the state capital and its central administrative city. Yaritagua is an important urban and commercial center in the east. Chivacoa and Nirgua are also prominent towns, each serving surrounding agricultural and residential areas.

San Felipe provides a practical reference for statewide administrative times. Yaritagua observes the same UTC−4 standard. Chivacoa needs no clock adjustment from the capital. Nirgua remains within the single Venezuelan time zone.

Because Yaracuy is compact enough to fit inside one national zone, moving between its municipalities changes neither the date nor the official hour. A small difference in solar position can exist between places, but ordinary clocks deliberately smooth over such local variations.

Planning around dawn and sunrise

Sunrise is calculated separately for each date and set of coordinates. Its clock time shifts gradually over the year. A statewide figure is therefore only an approximation; use San Felipe for the capital and select another town when the activity takes place elsewhere.

Valleys and hills affect what an observer calls sunrise. The formal astronomical event can occur while a ridge still blocks direct sunlight. Cloud, mist, vegetation, and buildings may also alter visibility. These factors explain why a forecast and personal observation can both be reasonable without matching exactly.

For farm work or an early drive, consider dawn as well as sunrise. Dawn provides increasing natural light before the Sun appears, although conditions may remain dim under heavy cloud. For photography, the direction of the view and the local horizon deserve as much attention as the listed time.

Questions and answers

What is the time zone in Yaracuy?: Yaracuy observes Venezuelan Standard Time, which is UTC−4.
Does San Felipe change its clocks during the year?: No. Venezuela does not currently apply a seasonal clock change, so San Felipe keeps the same offset.
Will sunrise in Nirgua match sunrise in Yaritagua?: Not precisely. Their coordinates differ, and surrounding terrain can change when direct sunlight becomes visible. Use a location-specific calculation for planning.