New York’s latest sunrise comes in early November, just before the clocks go back
Daylight saving bends the New York calendar. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) holds until the first Sunday in November, so the latest sunrise of the year, about 07:31, comes in the first days of November, later than any morning in January. The earliest is 05:24 in early June. Sunset runs from 16:28 in early December to 20:31 on 24 June.
The opening bell on Wall Street rings at 09:30 in different planetary hours through the year. Around 21 June it falls in the fourth day hour, and around 21 December in the third, because the day hours are so much shorter in winter.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day hour | Night hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March | 07:00 | 19:07 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 June | 05:24 | 20:30 | 75 min | 45 min |
| 23 September | 06:43 | 18:52 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 December | 07:16 | 16:31 | 46 min | 74 min |
Times are local clock times from this calculator, with daylight saving applied where New York uses it. Each planetary hour is one twelfth of the daylight or one twelfth of the night, so these two lengths set every hour of the day.
Born in New York? Enter your birth date and time to see your hour
Leave the city on New York, set your birth date and type your birth time into the time field. The panel names your hour and the dial turns to the planetary day you were born in. US daylight saving dates have changed several times, most recently in 2007, and the calculator applies the rules in force on your birth date. A birth before sunrise belongs to the night of the previous day, and the panel tells you when that applies.