What time will the sun rise and set at the Grand Canyon south rim on Monday April 7?|100859

I thought that during daylight savings time, Arizona is on Pacific Time. I found a site that says they are always on Mountain time. How can that be if they don_t participate in DS? What time will the sun rise and set on April 7. One site says that it rises at 6:15 am MST and sets at 6:50pm MST (today or tomorrow). Is that true? Why is it MST and not PST?

Arizona (most of it) is always -7 GMT.

In the winter, Arizona is one hour ahead of the West Coast, the rest of the year, it is the same. This is why Arizona is always _Mountain Standard Time_. They do not observe _Mountain Daylight Time_.

_Mountain Standard Time_ is equivalent to _Pacific Daylight Time_.

They are one and the same, and can be used interchangeabe since they are always -7 GMT.

PST and MST are one hour apart, but in April, there is no time difference between California and Ariona.

The whole thing is really non-nonsensical (IMHO), and I imagine the country will do away with with Daylight Saving Time eventually.

The time designations are frequently denoted incorrectly on various websites.

Sunrise at the Grand Cayon will occur at approximately 6:15am local grand canyon time (same as Phoenix time). Civil Twilight (when you can actually start seeing the light of the sun crest over the horizon) occurs at about 5:40am.

I would get there at about 5:30am to get the full effect.

If you are confused, set your watch to current Los Angeles,Las Vegas time or Phoenix time. They are all one and the same in April.

Either one of those will provide you with the proper local South Rim Grand Canyon time.