Arizona Time After Nov. 1, 2026: Phoenix Is 1 Hour Ahead of California, Same as Denver

Arizona does not move its clocks when U.S. clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, so Phoenix goes from the same time as California to 1 hour ahead of it. Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) §1-242, published by the Arizona State Legislature, keeps the state on standard mountain time. Below is a table of Phoenix and Honolulu against five U.S. cities, before and after Nov. 1, plus what the change does to TV and game start times.

What time is it in Arizona from Nov. 1, 2026?

Arizona is on Mountain Standard Time (MST), which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minus 7 hours, according to time.gov, run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval Observatory. The state law says Arizona “elects to reject” daylight saving time and keeps standard mountain time, based on the 105th meridian. The same section says the rule “may be changed by future legislative action.”

The rest of the country follows federal law. Under 15 U.S.C. §260a, daylight saving time runs from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March to 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November, and a state that lies entirely in one time zone may exempt itself by state law. Arizona has done that. Nov. 1, 2026 is the first Sunday of November, so the other zones drop one hour while Arizona stands still.

That is why the gap to California shifts. Before Nov. 1, Los Angeles was on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), UTC-7, the same offset as Phoenix. From Nov. 1, Los Angeles is on Pacific Standard Time (PST), UTC-8, and Phoenix is 1 hour ahead. Denver moves from Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), UTC-6, to MST, UTC-7, and lands on Phoenix’s clock.

Phoenix and Honolulu against five U.S. cities

All differences below are our calculation from each zone’s offset from UTC: Eastern -4 then -5, Central -5 then -6, Mountain -6 then -7, Pacific -7 then -8, Alaska -8 then -9, Hawaii -10 all year, Arizona -7 all year. Eastern, Central, Alaska and Pacific clocks all go back an hour on Nov. 1.

City	Before Nov. 1 (UTC offset)	From Nov. 1, 2026 (UTC offset)
New York	Phoenix 3 hours behind (-4)	Phoenix 2 hours behind (-5)
Chicago	Phoenix 2 hours behind (-5)	Phoenix 1 hour behind (-6)
Denver	Phoenix 1 hour behind (-6)	Same time (-7)
Los Angeles	Same time (-7)	Phoenix 1 hour ahead (-8)
Anchorage	Phoenix 1 hour ahead (-8)	Phoenix 2 hours ahead (-9)

Phoenix is on UTC-7 in both columns. The same comparison for Honolulu, which sits at UTC-10 all year:

City	Before Nov. 1	From Nov. 1, 2026
New York	Honolulu 6 hours behind	Honolulu 5 hours behind
Chicago	Honolulu 5 hours behind	Honolulu 4 hours behind
Denver	Honolulu 4 hours behind	Honolulu 3 hours behind
Los Angeles	Honolulu 3 hours behind	Honolulu 2 hours behind
Anchorage	Honolulu 2 hours behind	Honolulu 1 hour behind
Phoenix	Honolulu 3 hours behind	Honolulu 3 hours behind

Honolulu and Phoenix stay 3 hours apart because neither moves.

TV and game start times in Phoenix after Nov. 1

A program shown live nationwide keeps its Eastern Time (ET) slot, so the Phoenix clock reading rises by 1 hour on Nov. 1. These conversions are our calculation.

Start time in New York	Phoenix before Nov. 1	Phoenix from Nov. 1	Honolulu from Nov. 1
1 p.m. ET kickoff	10 a.m.	11 a.m.	8 a.m.
4:25 p.m. ET game	1:25 p.m.	2:25 p.m.	11:25 a.m.
8 p.m. ET show	5 p.m.	6 p.m.	3 p.m.
8:20 p.m. ET game	5:20 p.m.	6:20 p.m.	3:20 p.m.

The table lists generic times, not a network schedule; check the broadcaster for the actual start.

When do Arizona and California match again?

The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, the second Sunday of March under 15 U.S.C. §260a. At 2 a.m. that day U.S. clocks move forward 1 hour and Phoenix again matches Los Angeles, as it did before Nov. 1. Phoenix is then 1 hour behind Denver. From Nov. 1, 2026 to Mar. 14, 2027, the table above applies. Mark both dates on the November 2026 printable calendar and the March 2027 printable calendar.

For the wider picture of the fall change itself, see daylight saving time ends Nov. 1, 2026, and for next spring, clock changes in 2027. Mexico has its own mix of zones; the Mexico time difference after Nov. 1 is in a separate table.

Do all parts of Arizona use the same clock?

Tribal lands in northeastern Arizona can follow a different clock; check the local time there before you travel. The state law above covers the state itself, and the tables in this story use Phoenix.

Could Arizona or the U.S. change this?

Not for 2026 or 2027. The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, H.R. 139 in the 119th Congress, is listed by GovInfo as engrossed in the House, with a last action date of July 14, 2026. Its Senate companion, S. 29, was introduced on Jan. 7, 2025, by Sen. Rick Scott and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee. Neither is law, and these sources do not confirm Senate passage, so clocks still change in 2026 and 2027 under current law. Arizona’s own rule would stay in place unless the state legislature acts.

Phoenix printable for Nov. 1, 2026

The free printable lists the Phoenix comparison for each U.S. city, the Honolulu gap and both change dates on one page, built from the tables above.