Golden hour in Ankara
Golden hour in Ankara starts at 19:39 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 43 minutes from 16:42. The calculator above is preset to Ankara — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Ankara
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Golden and blue hour in Ankara: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Ankara (39.9334, 32.8597) in the Europe/Istanbul timezone, DST included. Between December (43 minutes) and March (36 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:09 | 17:48 | 08:51 | 17:06 | 18:06 | 9h 39min |
| February | 07:43 | 18:24 | 08:21 | 17:47 | 18:42 | 10h 42min |
| March | 07:02 | 18:55 | 07:37 | 18:20 | 19:12 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:12 | 19:27 | 06:48 | 18:50 | 19:44 | 13h 15min |
| May | 05:35 | 19:57 | 06:13 | 19:18 | 20:15 | 14h 22min |
| June | 05:20 | 20:19 | 06:01 | 19:39 | 20:39 | 14h 59min |
| July | 05:33 | 20:17 | 06:13 | 19:38 | 20:37 | 14h 44min |
| August | 06:01 | 19:47 | 06:38 | 19:10 | 20:05 | 13h 47min |
| September | 06:30 | 19:00 | 07:06 | 18:24 | 19:16 | 12h 30min |
| October | 06:59 | 18:11 | 07:36 | 17:34 | 18:28 | 11h 12min |
| November | 07:34 | 17:34 | 08:14 | 16:54 | 17:52 | 10h 00min |
| December | 08:04 | 17:25 | 08:47 | 16:42 | 17:44 | 9h 21min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 06:01 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:20.
After sunset, Ankara still offers the blue hour: from 20:39 to 20:52 in June (13 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Ankara today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Ankara from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:39, in mid-December at 16:42.
How long does golden hour last in Ankara?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 43 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.