Golden hour in Bangalore
Golden hour in Bangalore starts at 18:17 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 17:26. The calculator above is preset to Bangalore — 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 Bangalore
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Golden and blue hour in Bangalore: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Bangalore (12.9716, 77.5946) and the Asia/Calcutta timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in March and 31 in June — 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 | 06:46 | 18:13 | 07:17 | 17:42 | 18:27 | 11h 26min |
| February | 06:43 | 18:26 | 07:12 | 17:57 | 18:40 | 11h 43min |
| March | 06:28 | 18:31 | 06:56 | 18:03 | 18:44 | 12h 03min |
| April | 06:08 | 18:33 | 06:36 | 18:04 | 18:46 | 12h 25min |
| May | 05:55 | 18:38 | 06:25 | 18:09 | 18:52 | 12h 43min |
| June | 05:54 | 18:47 | 06:25 | 18:17 | 19:02 | 12h 53min |
| July | 06:02 | 18:51 | 06:32 | 18:21 | 19:05 | 12h 49min |
| August | 06:08 | 18:42 | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:55 | 12h 34min |
| September | 06:10 | 18:22 | 06:38 | 17:54 | 18:35 | 12h 13min |
| October | 06:10 | 18:02 | 06:39 | 17:33 | 18:15 | 11h 51min |
| November | 06:19 | 17:51 | 06:49 | 17:21 | 18:05 | 11h 32min |
| December | 06:34 | 17:56 | 07:05 | 17:26 | 18:11 | 11h 22min |
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 06:25 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:54.
After sunset, Bangalore still offers the blue hour: from 19:02 to 19:11 in June (9 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 Bangalore today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Bangalore from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:17, in mid-December at 17:26.
How long does golden hour last in Bangalore?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 31 minutes (June) 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.