Golden hour in Chengdu
Golden hour in Chengdu starts at 19:33 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 17:29. The calculator above is preset to Chengdu — 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 Chengdu
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Golden and blue hour in Chengdu: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Chengdu (30.5728, 104.0668) in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, DST included. Between January (36 minutes) and March (32 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:02 | 18:25 | 08:38 | 17:49 | 18:41 | 10h 23min |
| February | 07:46 | 18:52 | 08:19 | 18:19 | 19:07 | 11h 06min |
| March | 07:15 | 19:12 | 07:47 | 18:40 | 19:27 | 11h 57min |
| April | 06:38 | 19:31 | 07:10 | 18:59 | 19:46 | 12h 54min |
| May | 06:10 | 19:51 | 06:44 | 19:18 | 20:07 | 13h 41min |
| June | 06:02 | 20:08 | 06:37 | 19:33 | 20:25 | 14h 07min |
| July | 06:12 | 20:09 | 06:47 | 19:34 | 20:25 | 13h 57min |
| August | 06:31 | 19:48 | 07:04 | 19:15 | 20:03 | 13h 17min |
| September | 06:49 | 19:12 | 07:20 | 18:40 | 19:26 | 12h 23min |
| October | 07:06 | 18:34 | 07:39 | 18:02 | 18:49 | 11h 28min |
| November | 07:30 | 18:08 | 08:05 | 17:34 | 18:24 | 10h 38min |
| December | 07:54 | 18:05 | 08:30 | 17:29 | 18:21 | 10h 11min |
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 06:37 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:02.
After sunset, Chengdu still offers the blue hour: from 20:25 to 20:36 in June (11 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 Chengdu today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Chengdu from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:33, in mid-December at 17:29.
How long does golden hour last in Chengdu?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 36 minutes (January) 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.