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Kentucky Central Standard Time Zone -6 Kentucky Eastern Standard Time Zone -5
Map of Kentucky time zones with cities and roads
Map of Kentucky by county and county seats
Central Time

Bowling Green | Owensboro
Eastern Time

Frankfort Capital | Louisville
CST: Standard -6
CDT: Daylight -5
EST: Standard -5
EDT: Daylight -4
Kentucky, US daylight saving time, 2026
Starts + 1h Ends - 1h
March-8 Sun.
2:00 → 3:00
Nov.-1 Sun.
2:00 → 1:00
2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., Kentucky, US turns the clock forward 1 hour 1st Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., Kentucky, US turns the clock back 1 hour
About 60 percent of Kentucky lies in the Eastern Time Zone: Frankfort, Louisville... with the rest in the Central Time Zone.
About 40 percent of Kentucky lies in the Central Time Zone: Bowling Green, Owensboro...
The state of Kentucky, in the U.S., has 120 counties.
Kentucky is the third state in terms of the number of counties, behind Texas, with 254, and Georgia, with 159.
Kentucky Time Zone Map

Clocks symbols:

Daylight Saving Time Daylight Saving Time. Standard or winter time UTC standard time, or winter time. No Daylight Saving Time No Daylight Saving Time throughout the year. 24 hour clock format

Clocks and symbols (daylight saving - winter) are updated in real time as the time changes in different Kentucky, US time zones.