Golden hour in Dallas
Golden hour in Dallas starts at 20:01 on 15 June and runs 36 minutes; on 15 December it is 38 minutes from 16:46. The calculator above is preset to Dallas — 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 Dallas
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Golden and blue hour in Dallas: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Dallas (32.7767, -96.797) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 33 minutes in March and 38 in December — 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 | 07:30 | 17:44 | 08:07 | 17:07 | 18:00 | 10h 14min |
| February | 07:11 | 18:13 | 07:45 | 17:39 | 18:29 | 11h 02min |
| March | 07:38 | 19:36 | 08:11 | 19:03 | 19:51 | 11h 57min |
| April | 06:58 | 19:57 | 07:31 | 19:24 | 20:13 | 12h 59min |
| May | 06:29 | 20:20 | 07:04 | 19:45 | 20:36 | 13h 50min |
| June | 06:20 | 20:37 | 06:56 | 20:01 | 20:55 | 14h 18min |
| July | 06:31 | 20:37 | 07:06 | 20:01 | 20:54 | 14h 06min |
| August | 06:51 | 20:14 | 07:25 | 19:40 | 20:30 | 13h 22min |
| September | 07:12 | 19:35 | 07:44 | 19:02 | 19:50 | 12h 23min |
| October | 07:32 | 18:55 | 08:05 | 18:22 | 19:11 | 11h 24min |
| November | 06:58 | 17:27 | 07:34 | 16:52 | 17:43 | 10h 29min |
| December | 07:23 | 17:23 | 08:01 | 16:46 | 17:40 | 10h 00min |
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 06:56 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:20.
After sunset, Dallas still offers the blue hour: from 20:55 to 21:06 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 Dallas today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dallas from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:01, in mid-December at 16:46.
How long does golden hour last in Dallas?
Between 33 minutes (March) and 38 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.