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Time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States now

06:39:05PM

Monday, November 3, 2025

Baton Rouge switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, November 2. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:20AM ↓ 05:17PM (10h 57m) - More info - Make Baton Rouge time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Baton Rouge

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Baton Rouge is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Baton Rouge can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Baton Rouge is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Baton Rouge

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Baton Rouge

Sunrise: 06:20AM
Sunset: 05:17PM
Day length: 10h 57m
Solar noon: 11:48AM
The current local time in Baton Rouge is 12 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Baton Rouge on the map

Location: Louisiana, United States
Latitude: 30.44. Longitude: -91.19
Population: 220,000
Elevation: 10 m

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Best restaurants in Baton Rouge

#1 Pastime Restaurant - Pizza and seafood
#2 Tiger Phở Vietnamese Kitchen - Vietnamese and vegetarian options food
#3 Curry N Kabab, Inc. - Pakistani and vegetarian food
#4 Ruth's Chris Steak House - American and gluten-free food

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