Golden hour in Chennai
Golden hour in Chennai starts at 18:06 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 17:15. The calculator above is preset to Chennai — 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 Chennai
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Golden and blue hour in Chennai: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Chennai (13.0827, 80.2707) in the Asia/Calcutta timezone, DST included. Between June (31 minutes) and March (28 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 | 06:36 | 18:02 | 07:06 | 17:31 | 18:16 | 11h 26min |
| February | 06:33 | 18:15 | 07:01 | 17:47 | 18:29 | 11h 43min |
| March | 06:18 | 18:20 | 06:46 | 17:52 | 18:33 | 12h 03min |
| April | 05:57 | 18:22 | 06:26 | 17:54 | 18:35 | 12h 25min |
| May | 05:44 | 18:28 | 06:14 | 17:58 | 18:42 | 12h 44min |
| June | 05:43 | 18:37 | 06:14 | 18:06 | 18:51 | 12h 53min |
| July | 05:51 | 18:40 | 06:21 | 18:10 | 18:54 | 12h 50min |
| August | 05:57 | 18:31 | 06:26 | 18:02 | 18:45 | 12h 34min |
| September | 05:59 | 18:12 | 06:27 | 17:44 | 18:25 | 12h 13min |
| October | 06:00 | 17:51 | 06:28 | 17:23 | 18:04 | 11h 51min |
| November | 06:08 | 17:40 | 06:38 | 17:10 | 17:54 | 11h 32min |
| December | 06:24 | 17:46 | 06:55 | 17:15 | 18:00 | 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 06:14 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:43.
After sunset, Chennai still offers the blue hour: from 18:51 to 19:00 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 Chennai today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Chennai from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:06, in mid-December at 17:15.
How long does golden hour last in Chennai?
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.