The Eastern Standard Time zone
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The time zone for Lansing, MI is Eastern Standard Time (EST).
-- The southwest end of Runway-6 at Ann Arbor Municipal airport is located at 42.2203° north latitude 83.7500° west longitude. -- Home Plate at Ray Fisher Stadium is located at 42.2678° north latitude 83.7421° west longitude. -- The north corner of the building at Beth Israel Congregation, on Washtenaw Ave at Austin Ave, is located at 42.2670° north latitude 83.7218° west longitude. Any other point around town has somewhat different coordinates.
Michigan is divided between two time zones. The four counties of Upper Michigan that share a land border with Wisconsin are in the Central Time Zone. The rest of the state is in the Eastern Time Zone.
The time difference between Detroit, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois, is that Chicago is in the Central Time Zone, while Detroit is in the Eastern Time Zone. Therefore, Chicago is usually one hour behind Detroit.
During daylight savings time, Texas is in the Central Time Zone and Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone. Therefore, when daylight savings time is in effect, Michigan is 1 hour ahead of Texas.