Golden Hour Calculator

Find the times for the best light depending on where you are with this calculator

Golden hour calculator

Find the soft, warm light around sunrise and sunset, and the blue hour either side of it, for any place and date.

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Golden hour here means the sun is between 6° above and 4° below the horizon. Blue hour is 4° to 6° below. Hills, buildings and cloud change what you see on the ground, so arrive early. Place search uses a built-in list of towns, with online search by Photon (OpenStreetMap data).