Golden hour in Chongqing
Golden hour in Chongqing starts at 19:21 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 17:22. The calculator above is preset to Chongqing — 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 Chongqing
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Golden and blue hour in Chongqing: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Chongqing (29.563, 106.5516) in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, DST included. Between December (36 minutes) and September (31 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:50 | 18:17 | 08:25 | 17:42 | 18:33 | 10h 27min |
| February | 07:35 | 18:43 | 08:07 | 18:10 | 18:58 | 11h 09min |
| March | 07:05 | 19:02 | 07:37 | 18:31 | 19:17 | 11h 57min |
| April | 06:29 | 19:20 | 07:00 | 18:49 | 19:35 | 12h 52min |
| May | 06:02 | 19:40 | 06:36 | 19:06 | 19:55 | 13h 37min |
| June | 05:54 | 19:56 | 06:29 | 19:21 | 20:12 | 14h 02min |
| July | 06:04 | 19:56 | 06:38 | 19:22 | 20:13 | 13h 52min |
| August | 06:22 | 19:36 | 06:55 | 19:04 | 19:52 | 13h 14min |
| September | 06:39 | 19:01 | 07:10 | 18:30 | 19:16 | 12h 22min |
| October | 06:56 | 18:25 | 07:28 | 17:53 | 18:40 | 11h 30min |
| November | 07:19 | 18:00 | 07:53 | 17:26 | 18:15 | 10h 41min |
| December | 07:42 | 17:57 | 08:17 | 17:22 | 18:14 | 10h 16min |
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 06:29 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:54.
After sunset, Chongqing still offers the blue hour: from 20:12 to 20:23 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 Chongqing today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Chongqing from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:21, in mid-December at 17:22.
How long does golden hour last in Chongqing?
Between 31 minutes (September) and 36 minutes (December) 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.