Golden hour in Darmstadt
Golden hour in Darmstadt starts at 20:45 on 15 June and runs 51 minutes; on 15 December it is 57 minutes from 15:28. The calculator above is preset to Darmstadt — 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 Darmstadt
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Golden and blue hour in Darmstadt: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Darmstadt (49.8728, 8.6512) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (57 minutes) and September (42 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:18 | 16:52 | 09:12 | 15:58 | 17:15 | 8h 34min |
| February | 07:37 | 17:44 | 08:23 | 16:57 | 18:04 | 10h 07min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:30 | 07:23 | 17:47 | 18:50 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:34 | 20:18 | 07:17 | 19:35 | 20:39 | 13h 44min |
| May | 05:41 | 21:04 | 06:29 | 20:17 | 21:28 | 15h 23min |
| June | 05:17 | 21:36 | 06:09 | 20:45 | 22:03 | 16h 19min |
| July | 05:34 | 21:30 | 06:23 | 20:40 | 21:55 | 15h 56min |
| August | 06:16 | 20:46 | 07:01 | 20:01 | 21:08 | 14h 30min |
| September | 07:02 | 19:42 | 07:44 | 18:59 | 20:01 | 12h 40min |
| October | 07:47 | 18:37 | 08:31 | 17:52 | 18:57 | 10h 49min |
| November | 07:38 | 16:44 | 08:29 | 15:53 | 17:05 | 9h 05min |
| December | 08:17 | 16:25 | 09:15 | 15:28 | 16:49 | 8h 08min |
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 06:09 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:17.
After sunset, Darmstadt still offers the blue hour: from 22:03 to 22:20 in June (18 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 Darmstadt today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Darmstadt from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:45, in mid-December at 15:28.
How long does golden hour last in Darmstadt?
Between 42 minutes (September) and 57 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.