Carolina, Puerto Rico Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in Carolina

The sun rises in Carolina at 6:12 AM today and at 6:12 AM tomorrow (the same time as today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 5:52 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 6:12 AM to 6:42 AM.

Carolina daylight month by month

The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.

Carolina’s longest and shortest days

From 13h 14m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 11h 1m on December 21, 2026.

How fast Carolina gains and loses daylight

Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.

Carolina golden hour & blue hour by season

The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.

Daylight saving time in Carolina

Carolina does not observe daylight saving time — its clocks stay on UTC−4 year round, so sunrise and sunset never jump an hour in spring or fall.

Why sunset time shifts in Carolina

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In Carolina, the longest day carries about 13h 14m of daylight and the shortest just 11h 1m — a swing of roughly 2h 13m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Carolina’s exact coordinates, in local time.