Golden hour in Chemnitz
Golden hour in Chemnitz starts at 20:31 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:04. The calculator above is preset to Chemnitz — 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 Chemnitz
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Golden and blue hour in Chemnitz: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Chemnitz (50.8278, 12.9214) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (60 minutes) and September (43 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:05 | 16:31 | 09:01 | 15:35 | 16:55 | 8h 26min |
| February | 07:22 | 17:25 | 08:10 | 16:37 | 17:46 | 10h 02min |
| March | 06:24 | 18:13 | 07:07 | 17:29 | 18:33 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:15 | 20:03 | 06:59 | 19:19 | 20:24 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:20 | 20:51 | 06:09 | 20:02 | 21:15 | 15h 30min |
| June | 04:55 | 21:24 | 05:48 | 20:31 | 21:51 | 16h 29min |
| July | 05:12 | 21:17 | 06:03 | 20:26 | 21:43 | 16h 05min |
| August | 05:56 | 20:31 | 06:42 | 19:45 | 20:54 | 14h 35min |
| September | 06:44 | 19:25 | 07:27 | 18:42 | 19:45 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:31 | 18:18 | 08:17 | 17:33 | 18:39 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:24 | 16:23 | 08:17 | 15:31 | 16:46 | 8h 59min |
| December | 08:05 | 16:04 | 09:04 | 15:04 | 16:28 | 7h 59min |
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 05:48 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:55.
After sunset, Chemnitz still offers the blue hour: from 21:51 to 22:10 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 Chemnitz today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Chemnitz from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:31, in mid-December at 15:04.
How long does golden hour last in Chemnitz?
Between 43 minutes (September) 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.