Golden hour in Calgary
Golden hour in Calgary starts at 21:00 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:30. The calculator above is preset to Calgary — 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 Calgary
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Golden and blue hour in Calgary: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Calgary (51.0447, -114.0719) and the America/Edmonton timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 44 minutes in March and 60 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 | 08:34 | 16:59 | 09:30 | 16:03 | 17:22 | 8h 25min |
| February | 07:50 | 17:53 | 08:38 | 17:05 | 18:14 | 10h 03min |
| March | 07:51 | 19:41 | 08:35 | 18:57 | 20:01 | 11h 50min |
| April | 06:42 | 20:32 | 07:26 | 19:47 | 20:53 | 13h 50min |
| May | 05:47 | 21:20 | 06:36 | 20:31 | 21:44 | 15h 33min |
| June | 05:22 | 21:53 | 06:15 | 21:00 | 22:21 | 16h 31min |
| July | 05:40 | 21:46 | 06:31 | 20:55 | 22:12 | 16h 06min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:59 | 07:10 | 20:13 | 21:22 | 14h 35min |
| September | 07:12 | 19:52 | 07:56 | 19:09 | 20:13 | 12h 40min |
| October | 08:00 | 18:45 | 08:46 | 18:00 | 19:06 | 10h 45min |
| November | 07:54 | 16:50 | 08:46 | 15:57 | 17:13 | 8h 56min |
| December | 08:34 | 16:31 | 09:34 | 15:30 | 16:55 | 7h 56min |
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 06:15 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:22.
After sunset, Calgary still offers the blue hour: from 22:21 to 22:40 in June (19 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 Calgary today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Calgary from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:00, in mid-December at 15:30.
How long does golden hour last in Calgary?
Between 44 minutes (March) and 60 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.