Golden hour in Colombo
Golden hour in Colombo starts at 17:57 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:28. The calculator above is preset to Colombo — 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 Colombo
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Golden and blue hour in Colombo: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Colombo (6.9271, 79.8612) and the Asia/Colombo timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in February and 30 in January — 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 | 06:28 | 18:13 | 06:57 | 17:44 | 18:27 | 11h 46min |
| February | 06:29 | 18:23 | 06:57 | 17:54 | 18:36 | 11h 54min |
| March | 06:18 | 18:23 | 06:46 | 17:55 | 18:35 | 12h 04min |
| April | 06:03 | 18:19 | 06:31 | 17:52 | 18:32 | 12h 16min |
| May | 05:55 | 18:21 | 06:24 | 17:52 | 18:34 | 12h 26min |
| June | 05:56 | 18:27 | 06:26 | 17:57 | 18:41 | 12h 31min |
| July | 06:02 | 18:32 | 06:32 | 18:02 | 18:45 | 12h 29min |
| August | 06:06 | 18:27 | 06:34 | 17:58 | 18:40 | 12h 21min |
| September | 06:02 | 18:12 | 06:30 | 17:44 | 18:25 | 12h 10min |
| October | 05:58 | 17:56 | 06:26 | 17:29 | 18:09 | 11h 59min |
| November | 06:02 | 17:50 | 06:31 | 17:21 | 18:04 | 11h 49min |
| December | 06:15 | 17:58 | 06:45 | 17:28 | 18:12 | 11h 43min |
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 06:26 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:56.
After sunset, Colombo still offers the blue hour: from 18:41 to 18:50 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 Colombo today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Colombo from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:57, in mid-December at 17:28.
How long does golden hour last in Colombo?
Between 28 minutes (February) and 30 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.