Golden hour in Brasília
Golden hour in Brasília starts at 17:17 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 18:08. The calculator above is preset to Brasília — 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 Brasília
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Golden and blue hour in Brasília: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Brasília (-15.7975, -47.8919) and the America/Sao_Paulo 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 | 05:53 | 18:50 | 06:23 | 18:20 | 19:05 | 12h 58min |
| February | 06:08 | 18:45 | 06:38 | 18:16 | 18:58 | 12h 36min |
| March | 06:15 | 18:27 | 06:44 | 17:59 | 18:40 | 12h 12min |
| April | 06:20 | 18:05 | 06:49 | 17:36 | 18:18 | 11h 45min |
| May | 06:27 | 17:50 | 06:58 | 17:20 | 18:04 | 11h 23min |
| June | 06:37 | 17:49 | 07:08 | 17:17 | 18:03 | 11h 12min |
| July | 06:40 | 17:56 | 07:11 | 17:25 | 18:10 | 11h 16min |
| August | 06:30 | 18:04 | 06:59 | 17:35 | 18:18 | 11h 35min |
| September | 06:08 | 18:08 | 06:36 | 17:39 | 18:21 | 12h 00min |
| October | 05:45 | 18:11 | 06:13 | 17:43 | 18:25 | 12h 26min |
| November | 05:32 | 18:22 | 06:02 | 17:52 | 18:36 | 12h 51min |
| December | 05:36 | 18:39 | 06:07 | 18:08 | 18:54 | 13h 03min |
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 07:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:37.
After sunset, Brasília still offers the blue hour: from 18:03 to 18:12 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 Brasília today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Brasília from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:17, in mid-December at 18:08.
How long does golden hour last in Brasília?
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.