Golden hour in Baku
Golden hour in Baku starts at 19:32 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 43 minutes from 16:32. The calculator above is preset to Baku — 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 Baku
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Golden and blue hour in Baku: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Baku (40.4093, 49.8671) and the Asia/Baku timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 36 minutes in March and 43 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:02 | 17:38 | 08:44 | 16:56 | 17:57 | 9h 36min |
| February | 07:36 | 18:16 | 08:14 | 17:38 | 18:33 | 10h 40min |
| March | 06:54 | 18:47 | 07:30 | 18:11 | 19:04 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:03 | 19:19 | 06:40 | 18:43 | 19:36 | 13h 16min |
| May | 05:26 | 19:50 | 06:04 | 19:11 | 20:09 | 14h 24min |
| June | 05:11 | 20:13 | 05:52 | 19:32 | 20:33 | 15h 02min |
| July | 05:23 | 20:11 | 06:03 | 19:31 | 20:30 | 14h 47min |
| August | 05:52 | 19:40 | 06:29 | 19:03 | 19:58 | 13h 48min |
| September | 06:22 | 18:52 | 06:58 | 18:16 | 19:09 | 12h 30min |
| October | 06:51 | 18:03 | 07:28 | 17:26 | 18:19 | 11h 11min |
| November | 07:27 | 17:25 | 08:07 | 16:45 | 17:43 | 9h 58min |
| December | 07:57 | 17:16 | 08:40 | 16:32 | 17:35 | 9h 19min |
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 05:52 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:11.
After sunset, Baku still offers the blue hour: from 20:33 to 20:46 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 Baku today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Baku from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:32, in mid-December at 16:32.
How long does golden hour last in Baku?
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.